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  { SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT T ~-·A    
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  AURIUULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIUN  LI     
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PRINTED BY Tum CAPITAL 1’EmTm0 Conrmyw.  
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{  To 1%.9 Excellency, Hon. J 0nN Youive BRo\vN, li    
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Y  Governor of Kentucky: 5
‘, Sm: Under the authority of the Board of Control, and in C .·  
  accordance with an act ot Congress, approved March 2, 1887, I  
I and entitled "An act to establish Agricultural Experiment Sta- ·. 1 _    
1  tions in connection with the Agricultural Colleges established in _ _1 *4
if  the several States, under the provisions of an act, approved July V ,  
 ·' 2, 1862, and of the acts supplementary thereto," and of an act ,  
  _ of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, approved Febru-  
i  ary 20, 1888, and entitled ““An act to accept the provisions of · QQ,
j,  an act passed by the Congress of the United States, approved V  
 ; March 2, 1887, for the establishment and maintenance of Agri- A A fi
__  cultural Experiment Stations in connection with the Agricul- p ·  
  tural Colleges established by the several States and Territories ,  
 ? ` under act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862," I hereby submit A  
 i the Seventh Annual Report of the Kentucky Agricultural Ex- `  
 V periment Station, Very respectfully, ·  
 2 _ · _ M. AI SCOVELL, Di¢·ecto7·.  
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  LIST OF OFFICERS.      
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 _ BOARD OF CONTROL. -_ · ~  
  J. T. GATHRIGUT, Chairman. L  
  DR. R. J. SPURR. i _   V:
 ; Dunn H. Jmuzs. '  
  R. A, SPURR. - .` l  
  Rom. Rriamzrr. `  
 Ii J. K. PATTERSON, President of the College. _  
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 . M. A. SCOYELL, Director, Secretary.  
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  STATION OFFICERS.  
 ii M. A. ScovE1.L, Director. ‘ `,  
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  H. E. Cua*1‘1s,}Ch€m1St°' >_  
  H. GARMAN, Entomoiogist and Botanist.  
  C. W. Mnrrrmws, Horticulturist. "  
  J. S. TERMLL, Assistant to Entomologist and Botanist. ·  
  ' A. T. JORDAN, Assistant to Horticiiiturist. T y
 I V. E.lMUNcY, Weather Observer. ,  
 ·¥V T. S. HA\\'KINS, Foreman of Farm. i  
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  Address of the Station, LEXINGTON, KY. H  A
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· ~vU»   '· ;Q‘-;-‘C.'  STA TION ZN ACCO UNT WITH THE UNITED 1
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`   :,*3       STATES APPROPRTATION ‘
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, 1     -   ’   T0 receipts from the Treasurer of the UnitedStates as per appropria-
V l ‘ `, _‘ .. l tion for fiscal year ending June 30tb,-1894, as·per act oi Congress. ap- I
V V V ;   ‘-E ` l proved March 2nd,18Es7 . .................... $15,000 00
` _ Z ,   By salaries, .................... . $8,942 50  
  ‘ * f", — Labor ...................... 2,182 09° `
  ’ , 4 ‘ ·~·   ' Publications ....... T" .... T   . ’ ..., , 770 16
J   V   _ _ Postage and stationery. ........... . . . 178 62 ‘
Y   1* , . , Freight and express . ............... 159 35
"   ` . j Heat, light and water ............... {V G 79 `  
· `;·»,; T" ` l Chemical supplies , ................ _ 43 41
‘   {Q, ·   ., V= Seeds, plants and sundry supplies. ......... 389 48
` `...   . _ *‘ Fertilizers .................... _ 5 O0 ‘ -
·i*ii.QQ. 7 t ` Library ..................... ·_ 215 54
° i'-,rij··‘rvYQg ·~ . V Tools, implements andbmachinery, ......... . 427 51
~ 2 —t“" i§’··jgl  * _ Furniture and fixtures. .............. 204 05
    - _ ·. °` Scientific apparatus ................ 257 27
5,};-;-li Livestock . ................... _ 705 O0
    _ . _ Traveling expenses .... . ........... V 38 85  V
  i ·_ _ · "’, Contingent expenses. ............... 128 55
  V . Q Building and repairs, ......,..,...,. 345 83
j'.'Q__`¥{;g;,-_°l   ·, . »-——-— $15,000 00 V
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‘   7     g We, the undersigned, duly appointed Auditors of the Corpor- _
·`“?,JY.L¥l   `$“ J ,l ation, do herebv certif that we have examined the books and
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  . `ll ,_     accounts of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the A. & . t
  ;·   _ Q M. College of Kentucky for the fiscal year ending June 30th, ; ,3
  ‘·   ·‘ l 1894, that we have found the same well kept and classified as  my 1
  P Y »_ . 1 above, and that the receipts for the year from the Treasurer of I ,6
  V . the United States are shown to have been $15,000, and the cor- . t
  ` responding disbursements $15,000, for all ’of which proper   I
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  A vouchers are on file and have been by us examined and found _ X
  · _ y correct. , 4 »
  _ ‘ ~ And we further certify that the expenditures have been solely ‘
  · ·» for the purpose set forth in the Act of Congress, approved  
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  `· I R. J. SPURR,   ,. _   4
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  _` , I hereby certify that the foregoing statement of account, to A Z;_
  g g { which this is attached, is a true copy from the books of account 2 
  l of the Institution named.  _
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 ;·.,     R. S. BULLOCK, P}`€CLSZé7'€7`. f
4_ ,Q ,   `   Attest: JAS. K. PATTERSON, P0‘es2Tde2zi, S  _

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&  i As heretofore, the Station has limited its lines of work to  
lh   those which are of the present greatest need to the farmers of p  
ag   the State. VVith our present funds it is impossible to expand p`  
Of j  into new lines of work very rapidly. lt is hoped, however, -  
or-   that we may be able soon to take up feeding experiments and  
Der   the dairy problems more extensively. To this end an appro- .  
Hd  , priation has been made for an experimental dairy building, _  
 j which will be completed in the near future.  
ily   Equipment. ,  
red   . '  
  There has beenr added to our equipment a two-thousand dol-  
  lar green-house for the Horticultural Department, and $1,000   V
  has been appropriated for an Insectary for the Entomological  
,  { Department. .  
to   LHSt December our large barn at the farm burned, with all  
mf   its Contents, including eight head of live stock, all our farm  
  Hlacliinery, our entire collection of \Vorld’s Fair specimens,  
-_   the records cf farm experiments not at that time completed,  
 if and the products of our experimental iields Stored in the barn.  
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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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i . Grass Plots. - l     4
  Prof. Garmau has under his charge a very complete test of   ' V  j
9 the different varieties of grasses, clovers and forage plants.    
These experiments now under way for four years are becoming   “ 1  
P of much interest. j.·   4
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4S_ ` The Use of Paris Green to Destroy the Tobacco Worm. · Q  
G ' Paris Green is being used to, some extent by our tobacco ;_  
B Z growers to destroy the tobacco worm. The Paris Green is  R l-
6  · mixed with water, and this mixture sprayed on the growi·ng l i` 3
6 _€ plant. This is very effective and very inexpensive, compared 4   4
l`   with the methodof picking the worms off by hand. It would be _'   é
fl 1 used almost universally were it not for the fear that the Paris _  
IG   Green would adh`ere to the mature and cured leaf, and thereby i 1 .  
ll poison the consumer. For the purpose of testing to what ex-» .   4° 
LG   tent the Paris Green does adhere, Prof. Garman and Prof. Peter .  
2·~   have made a number of tests, the results of which may be found    
  in Bulletin No. 53. More extensive experiments in this line  
  will be made the coming year. . _ `  
ig   Study of Methods of Analysis. _i  
1S  ‘ The study of methods of analysis occupies a considerable- i  
S4   portion of the time of the chemists. Mr. Peter `has given 4  
,11   almost his entire time this year to the study of soil analysis. V  
111   The necessity of such work is self-evident. If a method of ·  
,11  1 Soil analysis can be discovered whereby we can tell the amount  
1f   of available plant food to a certainty in any soil, a great prob-  
an  ? lem in agricultural science will have been solved, and one which  
1g   Will be of incalculable value to agriculture.    
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  Publications.   1;
g  The publications of the Station since the report of last year  
ly   are as follows : `  if
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in   Bulletin No. 48. Commercial fertilizers. 1  
  Blllletln N0. 49, I, Destructive locusts lll kelltuoky.  
  4 II. The bud-worm of tobacco.  
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I I ‘ __._   _‘A‘% ~,t _fl_   Bulletin No. 50. I.V Fruit growing in Kentucky.
- I _   i··3i_·f·.`_Z_i“*i   II. Notes upon vegetables. _ ` ii 
I   ri"       Bulletin No. 51. Commercial fertilizers. _~ f
I __ zi ~   y Bulletin No. 52. I. Oiiicial analyses. —. t _
p · ·`.·   T.  » ·_ { I I II. Analysis of farmers’ samples and sam.
A Y Q I l       j` ples collected by Deputy Inspectors.
I ~`’— I     Bulletin No. 53. I. Spraying for codlinganoth. M
-_p,     " T   II. The u·se of arsenites on-tobacco. ”   —
  A I III. The use of bisulphide of carbon and o  ‘ al
  i`p‘; _P` .·i‘ A I hydrocyanic acid gas on _low—growing l cr
  ‘“ I p -i plants. . p
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  `V `_ ` published during the year are incorporated in this report. al
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”   DEAR SIR: The work of the Chemical Laboratory in 1894 was >•- (  _
id l ‘ about the same in character asslast year. The analyses of /1 i ‘
ig E commercial fertilizers made during the year have already been i   §_
 V published in Bulletins 51 and 52. ` ii'° 'Qi 3
HS , Considerable work was done to determine how much arsenic 5
  and copper remain on the cured tobacco where spraying with ` · jg
E Paris green is resorted to for protection against the tobacco ` iq.;
Q  worm. The results have been published in part in Bulletin 53 ·` 1 _  
Q by Prof. Carman, as were also those of a test for arsenic and _ _    
,_  copper in sprayed apples, and seem to show that when the I  
Q poison is properly diluted very little remains upon the leaf. `  
  The most important new line of investigation taken up this .  agi
`  year was the study of the solubility in dilute organic acids, of I  
Q; . the phosphoric acid and potash of the soil, with a view of de-  
Q  vising a chemical method for determining the availability of 3  
  those plant foods that would give results comparable to those -  
  of iield and pot experiments. A very considerable amount of  
  W0rl; was devoted `to this subject, and the preliminary results I  
  are interesting, but it is thought best to defer their publication `  
}  Until the investigation has reached a more advanced stage. ‘  
 , Other methods of analysis received attention in co-operation  
  with the Reporters of the Association of Cfiicial Agricultural  
 _ Chemists, analyses having been made for the Reporters on . V  
  phosphoric acid, rntrogen, sugar and soils and ash.  i d
 A The daily tests of fat in the milk of the Station herd were  A  '
  kept up under the immediate supervision of Mr. VV. H.  
Q  Scherdius. _ , .  
  Quite a number of minerals and miscellaneous materials were  
  €X¤mined from time to time, but the results of most of these  
_ 4  UB Hot of sufficient interest for publication. Such analyses as  
  SBBH1 to be of any permanent or general interest are given in the glji
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1 l     ·l·U`   Sorghum Cane. ‘  
y     The seed planted wasfrom the U. S.`Departme11t of Agri- :
,  =_‘    culture, of the variety "Colmans." Two lotsswere planted; _
    ._ _   " il - one in acre J, from seleoted head No. 6049, 1893; the other from `
¥ i J I     Y _ g'   mixed seed of heads Nos. 6360-6369, 1893, in acre N. Numbers
  `_ {if-}   2616 and 2617 were collected October 10th, and 2618 and 2619
p _, - `   gi ‘.   on October 11th, and these samples are averages from a number ,
`_.°    ; ‘· ·*   of stalks taken from each lot. The remaining numbers repre-
  ,.`i» i { _ `, r sent single stalks, collected on the following dates, viz: 2622-
  ,.- V 2637 on October 12th; 2644 and 2647, October 13th; 2660, 65,
  -   ~· it 70, 72, 73, 89, 91, 2724 and 28, October 15th, and 2734, 41, 43,
Q;  , .1   50, 53, 56. 66, 68 and 71, on October 16th. The} stalks were run `
  ` · , through a small mill, and the number of cubic centimeters of
1   » ·~ It juice measured. The specific gravity was determined, and also ‘
1  ·..-   , _ V V polarization, direct and after inversion, and the reducing sugars  ·
  ‘- ·_ _` l volumetrically. Quite a large number of stalks were tested for-
Q,    ‘ - a V amount of juice and specific gravity, and only the best in these
Li     l, Q respects were further analyzed. The results follow t
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g,. 1 2618 .... g 1.0735 17.8 1.98 12.77 71.7 "  
5 { 2622 ..... 1.081 19.5 1 42 14,42 73.9 -3 *‘,  
3 2623 .... .. 1.077 18.6 2.83 12.27 66.0   ,,
B` - 2624 ..... 1.077 18.6 1.98 13,09 70,4 *  
> 2625 1 ..... 1.076 18.4 ‘ 1.64 13.87 75.4
1n ·_ 2626 ..... 1.071r 17.2 2 25 12.11 70.4 1 _   _·
e 2627 ...., 1 0720 17.6 2 27 12.70 72.2 1 , €
O1 ` 2628 1 ..... 1.016 16.1 2.25 10 85 67.4  
. 2629 .... 1.0735 17,8 2.27 12.41 69,7 . 1*%
30 1 26441 120 1 1.079 19.1 1 1.66 13.72 71.8 ` Z A  
rs · 2660 170 1.081 19.5 1 93 14,48 74.3 g .
-g 2665 1 295 1,077 1 18 6 1.57 13 92 74.8 - ·  
OP  1 2670 1 180 1.080 19.3 1.5** 13.78 71.4  
S6 { 2672 A 190. 1.078 18.8 1.45 13.82 73.5 ` . {1
2673 175 1.078 18.8 1.69 14 04 74.7 1
Q 2689 1 225 1.077 1 18.6 1.54 13 89 74.7  
¥ 2691 120 1,080 19,3 1.74 14,14 73.3 *j
 _ 2734 1 195 1.076 1 18.4 2.23 13 47 73.2 ¤ · 1;;;
l 2741 235 1 077   18.6 1 91 1 13,60 73.1 1 IQ1
 1 2743 135 1,081; 1 19 5 1 79 ` 11.14 57.1  
{  2750 100 1.080 Q 19,3 2,07 1 13 88 71.9 1  
3*; 2753 90 1,079 1 - 19 1 2.03 1 13.66 71,5 ` i  
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QQ 2617 ..... 1,071 17.2 1,.98 1 12,28 1 71,4  
1  2619 .... *. 1,1169 16 8 2.30 11.53 68.6 _?
 — 2630 . . ·. . . 1.073 17.7 2.54 ' 12.35 69.8 yi
  2631 ..... 1,071 17.2 2,32 1 12.60 73 2 _ g l
 *1 2632 ..... 1.075 18,2 2.181 13,461 74,0  
  2633 ..... 1.070 17.0 2 85 1 12,46 1 73.3  1.
 1 2634 ..... 1,07:1 17.7 2 91 1 12,501 . 70,6  " 
 : 2635 ..... 1,··71 17 2 2,33 12.161 70,7   1
  26>6 .....' 1,0745 18 0 2 88 12 80 1 71.1  
 Q 2637 ..... 1 066 16,1 2 96 1 9,93 ‘ 61.6 .§
  2647 370 1 0111 14,9 2 04 1 9 66 1 64,8  
`·  2724 260 1,074 17 9 2.68 | 12 3n 69.0  
  2728 386 1,067 16 3 2.35 11.01 67,5  (1*
 { 2756 155 1 1,074 17 9 1 43 12 06 72,4 g_1F5
·_  2766 465 1,0hl 1 14,9 2,62 9.33 62.6  
 -. 2768 380 1.069 3 16.8 1.61 12.19 72 5 12;
  V 2771 185 1.077 Q 18.6 1 47 14.18 76.2  
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‘ _ .    1:%.; '*T   Y . 2804-Butter made from milk er= ow,/Jessie Bell. Brought by Mr. J. S, _
.   {ri. ..`:`     Burrier, Lexington, Ky. _ . r an
  Y-  ;‘ . '._>   §· ANALYSIS. Y fg
_   ‘     Fat ............. . ....... . . Y87.87 percent. _ ' th
, . . _ _;. 1 Water,. . .................... 8.83 *‘ ‘*
,   Q`- . `;· -` » T Suit and ash . .... . .............. 2.18 " " Of
V     _ i' Curd ........... . ..........._ 1.12 " "
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  . T. `.   ____   ..._ \ -@;_ _ is
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 l` _ Q . 2501. Virgin soil from e woodland pasture adjoining the  
  .‘l‘° I V. i l Experiment Station farm on the East, at a point near the end ‘ as
  ·   s.   _ of Acre A about 4 yards from the south corner of the farm and `  S2
  _‘ ~· about 3 yards east of the line fence, separating the woodland   fc
  · A , and the Experimental field. Sample taken to the depth of 6 ·` E
    " inches. At this place, the yellow subsoil begins to appear at l iv
  _ _ p about 12 inches depth. The sample analyzed is composed of ~
  * ·, · '. equal weights of the firm earth, sifted through a wire sieve of ._ tz
    i .' -` 5 nrm. mesh, from two samples collected at this spot on Decern-  ` H
      ber 11th, 1893, and January lst, 1894, respectively. (Station .
  _ `   i , Nos. 2328 and 2320.) It is the same as sample No. 2 of the  
   W   1 · Reporter on Soil and Ash of the Association of Official Agri-  
  ` Q ‘· cultural Chemists in 1894. (See Bulletin 43, 1)ivision of Chem-   '
      . istry, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) The analysis is given   I
  A   ` here as the best one at hand to show the character of the soil of  
  . * U the Station farm in its virgin condition. This pasture, appa-  §
  y rently, has never been in cultivation, though, it has no doubt,  r
  __ been grazed for a long period of years. The forest growth at  
  present is ash, elm, honey-locust, coffee-bean, hickory, walnut  
  di .» and sugar maple. The sieve removed 2.43 per cent. or iron ,1 
  . M gravel, which was found to contain 1.92 per cent. of phosphoric   L
  _ 2502. Cultivated soil from Acre P, Plot 2, of the Experiment  ,_  
  ° , Station farm, at a point about twenty feet from the north end 5  i
  . ‘ . of the plot. The sample was taken to the depth of about six  i · l
  ‘ inches, and from three places in a line across the plot. The  A i
  ,   T land has been in Cl1lilVHTi0U fOr many- years, and is supposed    
  · not to have received any fertilizer. Since 1888, this acre has   i
  I been continuously in corn, being one of the acres used for ex-   `
  ._ periments with fertilizers on corn. This plot·has received no  
      `   fertilizer, and the soil seems to be incapable of producing an   .

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average crop of corn. (See various bulletins of this Station.), _· 1  
S 1 This soil is the same as Sample No. 3 of the Reporter on Soils it . 1 1
` — and Ash for 1894. (See Bulletin 43, Division of Chemistry, be-   ‘ l `
* fore cited.) The analysis is of the {ine earth after sifting ·  
· 5 through the al m. m. mesh sieve. The sieve removed a quantity   ?·  
  of iron gravel, amounting to 4.33 per cent. of the air-dried soil, . '.  
  and containing 2.12 per cent. of phosphoric acid. The analysis 1, { 1
 l is published here as showing the character of the soil of the · 
‘ . . . - · . . •. I 
 g Station iarm in ITS unimproved condition. 1, r l —
fa . . . » . · ` ~ i ·
he ==  2331. Soil irom the floor ot a carriage-house, where wood _ {
ud   ashes had been thrown, to be tested forinitrates. The moist y    
ud { sample lost 13 per cent. on air-drying. The total nitrogen was ” ll  
nd  ~ found to be .594 per cent. of the air-dry soil, equivalent to .52  
_ 6   per cent. of the _moist soil. The nitrogen of nitrates was found . 1 ‘, {
J6 2¤ to be .25 and .22 per cent. in the air—d1·ied and moist soil, respect-  
av -’ . . 1· i
.  1vely. r _ · 1   t
Of   2600. Soil sent by Mr. F. B. Hancock, Casky, Ky. Sample   ll_.. 1;
Of   taken to the depth ot 7 or 8 inches from several places inthe  
.¢,  · » • . ` __1
U1- Q  field. Analysis of the air-dried soil gave: A- -%
OH   1)l10S}3l10l`lC1lCl(l, ..... . ............ 0.117 per cent. g ll
he E  Potasli . ...... . ............... .310 " ‘*  
_   Nitrogen . .........i........... .115 " " ` y.,
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m- ri  ' ANALYSES or THE AIR-DRIED FINE EARTH. . .  
eu   `j“—§_—B~"?—"T_: l7”TiBl"7?*_‘-T7 i``i” _" . I`!
Of .—;    2501. , 2502. .  
pa-   l#`77j` '~"" 77 777 gi"1 '"__r_ i" V  
bt   ~ ¤’1 1 0   w3 ¢ E w 3;;]
’  ;_ l T-S` E l M3 *5 < M2 1  
at   Fi- 1 · E; 2%: 1 - E1 .  
 at Z? Y · vi ~ ° —- ` · */7 V i
int   . 5 l V. z fil; . . 5  
E \ - E. 1 · Si · ZZ 2 · $1  
YOU  . . · l .   l Y F . L 1 er  
»ric   —"`_ “;4_'“—_"l`_`__"y;*_`_l'—" 1  
 fl Silica and insoluble matters .... 76.527 70.850 80.310 80.720 it 
 g Potnsh . ....... T ...... .510 .382 1 .480 .388  ·  .
Snr   Soda ............... .182. .215 . .107 g .223  1  .
 .,“ Limo ...... . ; ,..,,.. .605 l .565 .425 · .420  · 
md  5 Magnesia .,,,,,,,,,,,, I .503 ` .478 .393 .431  
Six   Brown oxide of nianganese . ,.,, ,l55 1 .135 .145 .115 " =
I Pcroxiclc otiron ...,,_,,., 3_9l1 1 3 060 :1,078 3.:180  yy
PDB _‘  Alumina, ..___________ l (1,777 1 (5.527 6,097 i 6.104 _ V2
Sed  _ Pl10Spl10ri0aci(l, ._,__,,,,. · .537   .378 · .445 -985  
h   Qiilplnwic acid .___,,_,___ l .100 n .095 1 .070 .065  
as  ‘_ » _,Ol5l\\1‘&‘ l)_v Witter-oven _ ..,,.. 2.423 _ l . 805 8 2,-6  
€X_  r Otgfllilc and volatile matters , .... $217   l 10.640 l 6 396 · O  
110 1  Tvtul . ......., , , . . 100.448   100,245 1 100.400 100.447  
    fir _ _._ ;j;*’*’*)"‘;j"‘ ‘7"'{—` ;j;;_;_j7Q;fT;Q_ ., V 7+7;, ,7 j` ' gf;    
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" __.V     ._,»   V_.·   Wood Ashes. , _
  1_»-i?°CY§i     2314. Ashes of hickory wood, brought ·by Geo. Stilz, Crescent :
“ °     Hill, Ky., from a factory in Louisville. Sample from a heap
  .; t _A _`     _ —on Mr. Stilz’s place, and may have been rained on. The sample · »-
  1  g I Y   ` ll. · was quite moist when received.  
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L ri, T i C gv   Analysis. Air-clry.j As Received. p EQ
—     ‘_ •1, " j__1l____i__‘j____. _______i1__ ___ __L_11_ L_1____;_T B1_(
    _ V V _   p Potesh ................... 2.71 per cent. 1.79 per cent. A  
V     ' _ p Phosphoric acid ............... 1.40 "__ " .93 " ‘* 17h,
  . 'Q       ig;
  `· `. l _ Ashes of Clover Hay and Stover. I Lu
    " The two analyses following are the average of the results W
  . _ · p_ obtained by a number of Chemists of the Association of Official  p will
  ` ‘· 1 p' . Agricultural Chemists, working upon samples of these materials
  _   * ‘ furnished them by the writer, as Reporteron Soils and Ash in .
  %Q&,E,lV   i . 1894. (See Bulletin 43, Div. of Chemistry, U. S. Department of
   __ _· i   Agriculture.) They are introduced here as showing the compo- Q
  A     ._ A · sition of the ash of the materials indicated. I F W
  ` .i_ ``‘- t 2500. Ash of clover hay, prepared by burning a considerable ,
  fl · ·` l quantity of the hay at as low a temperature as possible, in a »  
    1 l large iron stove, sifting out the fused lumps, rubbing with rub- ° p Q`)
  ·- d` V · ber-tipped pestle and sifting through a 60 mesh sieve, rejecting  o _
  » the coarse part. The fine part was then burned again in iron p
  .. pans at a low red heat, sifted through the 60 mesh sieve, and 1
  _ well stirred with a magnet to remove any particles of iron scale. .
  " l . li This was then thoroughly mixed and bottled, and sent out as _»  ti,
  _ '_ Ash No. l of the Reporter on Soils and Ash,. A. O. A. C., for   Vi
  _   1894. The hay from which the ash was prepared, was clover   P2
  _ , hay of lair quality, purchased of a dealer in Lexington. `i,`
    2503. Ash of corn fodder or stover, prepared in. exactly the  i
  · 1 I zsame way as No. 2500, from corn fodder grown at the Station  
  . farm. This is Ash No. 4 of the Reporter. Q
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1 _ ANALYSES OF THE DRY ASH. Y . _ 1
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Lp 1 _ 1 2500. 1 2503. _ j
1 . 1
18 i Q *""l`°_"’°“1L'""_";"';* _'"'1*‘·";‘?" *‘_" ""i' W `*  
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Silica und sand, ..... . ......... 1 11 87 Percent. 1 -17.11 Per cent. · 1. 1
_ - Potzish ................... 1 25,159 1 13.30 ·' 1
— » Sodu . . . . ..... . .' . . ....... 1 12   _84 * 1 `
‘ Lime ........ Z . . .. ......., 1 27.00 1 12,76 · 
`   Mnqnesiu , ................. 1 7 43 ' 826 1*. 1 1 ,
- : Brown oxide ot inungnncse .......... truce ,40 1 , 1 A,
._ Peroxide of iron, . . .......... 1. . 1 ,88 1,67 1
111?· { Aluininn. ..... . ........ 1 ........ 1 .08 I` 1
° · 1’h1·sphoric acid ...............   6.47 8.46 ‘ A` · 1 - 1
_ : SLli])ll11l'lO21Cl(1 ................ 1 1.31 1 08 . A To  
_" V Curbonic ucid ................   15.57 2.61 i n
` Chlorine . . ................   .83 · ,31 1
Q Curbon ........... ‘ ........ 1 1.22 3,32 ` ,   Q
1 Tomi .................. 1 00.00 1 101.20 ` lg
[ts -, 1 V. I 113
· » ;77Y;7 T.' fZfiIi;*`Tf, Tf" ' "' " "'ZT7 7"‘ "iT"   , 3 1
M1 . I  
MS Tobacco Stems. , U l  
in I ~ _ _ ‘ _ A   fl
Of i 2336. Tobacco stems sen; by Leslie Combs, Lexington, Ky. ; 1
)O_   The stems were very wet when received, and quite musty. 1 Y
U18 T Analysis. » [ A.ir-dried. 1 As Received.  
  ___;__________________ _________ __i______ ` . Gi
1 a 9 1 1 f A!
  Xiirwgcn .................. ` 2.31 per cent. 0.08 por cent. ` [ *1
1b` E 1)U1il\$11 . · ................. 1- 0.19 ‘ " 1 1.83 " ‘ ‘  
   N 7  ' j“""*"' j * ”" ' .;TZ‘. §'T "’L" . 1, i 1*,771
ron 1 ·‘  
, ,:41
Ind   Vivianite. ·  
i · . . . • - • {113
*18  t 2607. Clay containing, u solt green nuneml, which, by quulitu-  
* as  I tive tests was shown to be 21 h iclrous ihosnliute of iron, robubl  
., s   1 , · 4  
for ,;·  Vivianite. (See Kentucky Geological Survey, vol. A, part; 3,  
it? . . .‘ 
Ver cf Page 188.) Sent by“C. VV. Short, Pmeville, Ky. je 
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Ph  3, Analysis.  
.1011  f  
1 Citrate soluble phosphoric acid. ......... . . 4.51 per cent;.  
  Citrate insoluble phosphoric ucid ........... .19 ‘ ‘ "  1,,
 [ Total. . . .· .................. 4.70 " *‘  
 1 This clay would be of local value as a phosplmtio fertilizer if  
{  ‘01>T&inable in suflicient quantity.  
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  ‘•* .l
in   4’'A     Limestone. V ' the
A     Z,'·}'i";i;;     2580. Birdseye limestone or "Kentucky marble" from a. asl
l             quarry on Tate’s Creek. Collected by Prof. A, M. Miller. lll;
`» ~.·»·`i*   a . ` - t l
_ 1 Q l     L   Anaiysis. ` ` ` nal
_ 1, i   {_;     Lime. ......