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  xvi Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the
_   , various parts of the State, namely, one at Greenville, Muhlen-
l     berg County, one· at Russellville, Logan County; one at Lone
v   H , Oak, McCracken County; and one at Mayfield, Graves County.
{     With the exception of the field at Russellville, the fiscal court
i   l 1 of each of the above named counties has donated the land for
in i ° these experimental fields on a warranty deed, the Experiment
  i Station to assume all expenses of operation. At Russellville,
" "i§   the land is held on perpetual lease, the rent for same being
  `,ii—‘   _ paid by the county. The collective value of these several
  e..A l g  experimental fields is estimated at $8,050.00. The experi-
  `   mental cultivation of these fields has already been begun and
  , crop rotations established, although the long, continued
    drouth prevailing over the State has greatly interfered with
  the successful operation of these fields during the past
  1 season. _
  In addition to these experimental fields, the cooperative
  work in this Department has been continued at Burnside
    with Mr. Charles Roberts. The yield of corn has been
  g increased on this experimental field from seven bushels to
 Qi forty-six bushels per acre by the use of acid phosphate, at a
  cost of two dollars per acre per year. Practically all of the
  phosphate used on this land is still in the soil and will grad-
  ually become available for future crops.
  On the London field, conducted in cooperation with the Sue
    Bennett Memorial School, the yield of corn has been in-
  creased from 20.7 bushels on the untreated land, to 51.9
  bushels per acre on the treated land. The untreated land in
  this field produced only 950 pounds of cowpea hay, whereas ·
  - the treated land produced 4,100 pounds of this hay per acre,
  the treatment consisting of an application of acid phosphate
  and limestone. i
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