eed expect no increased yield from the use of phosphates,
unless it be on our very poorest soils. On certain crops, like the bush
fruits--the currants and the raspberries, we might get a distinct
benefit. I cannot give a definite answer to that. I can tell you what
results they have obtained in New York state, what they have obtained in
Pennsylvania or Illinois or Maine, but what results we would get in
Minnesota we do not know. We can't apply their results to our
conditions. The only thing we can do is to carry on such experiments
here, and they have not yet been started. That brings me to a third
question I have here.

"What experiments are being conducted by the University of Minnesota
with orchard and other horticultural crops?" We realized the importance
of this matter and plans were prepared. Then, as you know the last
legislature was economical. It decided that one of the best places to
make a cut would be in the funds for experimental work; when these funds
were reduced we not only could start no new experiments but even had to
cut off some of the old ones. For that reason these fertilizer
experiments have to wait until the next legislature or the one after. I
hope the next legislature will make such an appropriation that they may
be begun.

Now, for the next question. A man states that he can secure at a very
low rate limestone from one of the Minneapolis companies producing
crushed limestone for road-making purposes and wants to know whether it
will pay him to haul it to his farm. Well, if you do not have any other
work for your teams it may pay you. However, if your time is valuable,
you had better take some samples of the soil and send them in to the
experiment station. Just address them to the Soils Department or Soils
Division. Then we can decide whether it is worth while trying some of
the limestone. We cannot tell you whether it will pay; we can tell you
whether it is likely to pay, or whether it is likely to be a waste of
energy, or whether it is so doubtful that you ought to give it a fair
trial. On perhaps two-thirds of the fields in Hennepin County it would
be a waste of money and energy; on about half of the others, we may say,
it is almost certain to be a good investment at a dollar a ton. On the
remaining portion we simply can't say. On these, chances are even
whether it would pay. No crops are injured by limestone, so you are safe
in putting it on. Practically all crops are benefited by it on so