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FERTILIZER TRIALS - 1952

Fertilizer trials conducted at the Dickinson Experiment Station in 1952 included:

  1. Rate of P and NP on wheat.
  2. Rate trial of P and NP on oats.
  3. Rate and method of application trial on corn for silage.
  4. Rate and method of application on corn for grain.
  5. Cereal fertilization to determine effects of phosphating small grains upon soil moisture content of the soil profile.
  6. Effects of nitrogen on seed germination.
  7. Radioactive fertilizer trial.

Trials 5, 6 and 7 were conducted by the Soils Department, North Dakota Agricultural College, with Dickinson Experiment Station personnel aiding in collection of data from trial five. Trials 5, 6 and 7 will be reported on by the Soils Department, N.D.A.C.

In addition to the above listed trials, the Series V fertilizer trial was revised according to plan and uniformly cropped in preparation for 1953.

Table 8 - Rate Trial of P and NP on Wheat - 1952
Date Seeded - 5-30
Date Emerged - 6-14
Rate - 1 bpa
Treatment

Rate # per acre

Yield - b.p.a.

 Test Wt.
1 2 3 4 Average
Check   18.2 20.9 18.2 16.5 18.5 59.5
0-43-0 25 18.7 22.0 20.1 18.2 19.8 59.5
0-43-0 50 15.4 23.1 19.8 14.9 18.3 59.5
0-43-0 75 18.7 18.7 19.8 18.7 19.0 59.5
8-32-0 25 18.2 18.7 18.2 15.4 17.7 59.5
8-32-0 50 19.8 18.7 18.7 14.3 17.9 59.5
8-32-0 75 17.6 18.7 18.7 15.4 17.6 59.5

 

Table 9 - Rate Trial of P and NP on Oats - 1952
Date Seeded - 5-30
Date Emerged - 6-14
Rate - 6 pecks per acre
Treatment Rate # per acre

Yield - b.p.a.

 Test Wt.
1 2 3 4 Average
Check 22 22.7 40.2 26.8 37.1 31.7 34.5
0-43-0 25 28.8 42.2 33.0 42.2 36.6 34.5
0-43-0 50 35.0 45.3 18.5 37.1 34.0 34.5
0-43-0 75 34.0 38.1 26.8 41.2 35.0 34.5
8-32-0 25 33.0 41.2 30.9 43.3 37.1 34.5
8-32-0 50 37.1 38.1 26.8 41.2 35.8 34.5
8-32-0 75 37.1 36.1 30.9 41.2 36.3 34.5

 

Table 10 - Fertilizer Rate and Method of Application Trial- Corn for Silage - 1952

Treatment

Yield - # per acre
1 2 3 4 Average
Check 4500 4050 3375 3690 3904
60# 8-32-0 at seeding 4140 3825 4500 4185 4162
90# 8-32-0 at seeding 3735 4050 4050 4185 4005
120# 8-32-0 at seeding 4500 3150 4500 4185 4085
60# 8-32-0 at seeding plus one side if dressing of 30# 4500 4500 4095 5625 4678

 

Table 11 - Fertilizer Rate and Method of Application Trial - Corn for Grain - 1952
Treatment

Yield - Bushels per acre
1 2 3 4 Average
Check -------- ------- ------- ------- 2.3
40# 0-43-0 at seeding -------- ------- ------- ------- 2.0
60# 0-43-0 at seeding -------- ------- ------- ------- 3.2
80# 0-43-0 at seeding -------- ------- ------- ------- 2.9
40# 0-43-0 at seeding plus one side of dressing of 20# -------- ------- ------- ------- 2.3

 

No spectacular differences due to fertilizer application were recorded in the Dickinson trials in 1952. Droughty seasonal conditions were undoubtedly responsible in a large measure for the lack of response from fertilizer application. Data from these four trials is insufficient to draw conclusions from. Results from this years fertilizer trials as well as from previous trials do point up the need for long term fertilizer rate work at the Dickinson Experiment Station to aid in determining whether or not the use of fertilizer is an economically sound farming practice under dry land farming conditions such as those represented by the Dickinson Experiment Station.

Present plans are to continue these trials for several years, and expand the fertilizer work to embrace new developments applicable to the farming system of western North Dakota.

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