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EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS — EEPORT FOR 1881. 



Dissolved Phosphates. 



If we examine the figures in these six columns, and compare 

 the produce of the plots with undissolved and with dissolved 

 phosphates, we see very well marked differences. The dissolving 

 of the phosphates has increased the bulk of grain at Pumpber- 

 ston about 8-^ bushels per acre, which is an increase of nearly 25 

 per cent., and at Harelaw 11 J bushels per acre, which is an 

 increase of 17 per cent. The quality of the grain, as seen by 

 the weight per bushel, has also been improved by the dissolving 

 of the phosphates. At Pumpherston the bushel is increased in 



