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I . V    1 Q_ ‘ yur Rnronr on AemonL·rnnA1. nxrnnrmnnr sryrron. \ .
, e it . _`;‘ ' Q   l In place of the burned barn a storage barn 45 by 80 feet and
      22 feet|high has been built; also a stable for keeping stock. ·
, _fifl»1`· "`    An entire outfit of new farm machinery has been purchased, ]
      I ]·}· I . and now;our equipment is equal to that which we had before _ tm
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f -,5 ‘·s- ._;-_· ' I   ` The Analysis and Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers.
  Q f _ ?   The analyses of commercial fertilizers have been continued as B
    in the past. This has taken a great portion of the time of one » Q
  I of our Chemists. The inspection of fertilizers. on sale in the f gp.
  *" State was undertaken on quite an extensive scale, with the · mi
      result that, while it was found that generally the goods on sale pl;
    `_ » were up to standard, in some instances the brands were so far wj
  , I below samples on iile here that at least gross carelessness should  i us
    be charged against the manufacturers in the mixing of these   G]
  ‘_ ·”   goods. The results of this inspection have been published in i pc
  , . Bulletin No. 53, In Bulletins N os. 52 and 53 may be found the _A tg;
    , . V analyses of the samples of fertilizers sent by the manufac·~ Q hg
  ` g   turers. { in
      n ~ Field Experiments With Fert111zers.. . 
  .. ‘· _ ’ The past season was unfavorable for the growth of crops, yet I
  *   ·. ` our experiments in this line were quite satisfactory, with the F
  ' ._ results the same as heretofore, viz: That whenever potash was  ,
  a I one of the ingredients of the fertilizer used on corn, potatoes,  , p(
  tobacco or hemp, there resulted an increased yield, while on   al
  ‘· pasture, meadow, hemp and tobacco, nitrate of soda, in   T]
  I addition to a potash fertilizer, produced the\best results. ` On  _ SC
  t Z wheat, however, no effect could be obtained, by the use of .§  O1
    ` , ., potash or any commercial fertilizer, at least as to the yield.  I lg
  i The fall growth was the most vigorous on those plots containing .;  W
  . r potash.  
 I s , Crop Tests. .  é
 S Q _ _ Many tests have been made in this li11e, mainly to study   a·
  ` » ` varieties. The varietal tests have mostly been made by the  
  1 Horticultural Division, and are reported byProf. Mathews in  
  . _ his report incorporated herein. ‘  
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