REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 

 Experiments with Fertilizers on Plots of Wheat fa acre each. 



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Fertilizers applied each Year. 



6 



9 

 10 



11 



12 

 13 

 14 



15 

 16 



17 

 18 

 19 



20 



21 



Barn-yard manure (mixed horse and cow 

 manure) well rotted, 12 tons per acre in 

 1888 ; 15 tons per acre each year since, 



Barn-yard manure (mixed horse and cow 

 manure) fresh, 12 tons per acre in 1888 ; 

 15 tons per acre each year since ... 



Unmanured 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 

 500 lbs. per acre. 



Mineral phosphate,untreated,finely ground, 

 500 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per 

 acre 



Barn-yard manure, partly rotted and ac 

 tiyely fermenting, 6 tons per acre 

 mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs. per acre, composted 

 together, intimately mixed, and allow- 

 ed to heat for several days before using. 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely ground, 

 500 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 lbs ; wood 

 ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs. per acre. . . 



Mineral phosphate,untreated,finely ground, 

 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 

 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 lbs. 

 per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre ... 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

 unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Unmanured , 



Bone finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre . . . 



Bone finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

 unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Muriate of potash, 150 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of iron, 60 lbs. per acre 



Common salt (Sodium chloride) 300 lbs. per 

 acre 



Land plaster or gypsum (Calcium sulphate) 

 300 lbs. per acre 



Unmanured in 1889, mineral superphos- 

 phate, No. 2, 500 lbs. per acre, each 

 year since 



Average Yield 



for 



Six Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre 



Bush. 

 16 



16 

 9 



9 

 11 



lbs. 



434 

 3l| 



54£ 

 361 



14 lOf 



9 

 10 

 12 



11 

 9 

 9 



11 

 12 

 12 

 10 

 11 



10 



34J 



J-(2 



39& 



6§ 



5 

 28s- 



m 



10f 



5l| 

 48§ 

 22£ 



11 18J 



11 8 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Per acre 



Lbs. 

 3,180 



3,004 

 1,818 



1,665 



2,749 



2,962 



2,291 



1,539 

 1,637 

 2,750 



2,190 

 1,477 

 1,585 



1,843 

 2,162 

 1,840 

 2,380 

 1,990 



1,5S6 



1,854 



1,735 



7th Season, 1894. 



Variety, 



Rio Grande. 



Average Yield 



for 

 Seven Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre 



Bush. lbs. 

 25 .. 



22 31 

 13 40 



12 50 



15 50 



Yield 

 of 



Straw. 



Per acre 



Lbs. 

 4,130 



4,830 

 2,050 



2,210 



3,790 



3,540 



3,710 



2,140 

 1,470 

 4,110 



3,330 

 1,970 

 2,200 



2,410 

 2,930 

 1.890 

 2^80 

 1,680 



1,580 



1,810 



1,670 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Yield 



-, of 

 Straw. 



Per acre 



Bush. lbs. 

 17 24? 



17 33 



10 7? 



10 19? 

 12 12 ? 



15 193- 



11 19? 



9 56? 



10 52? 



12 24? 



12 3S? 



9 52? 



10 17? 



12 37? 



13 9? 

 13 26? 

 11 14? 

 11 53? 



11 1? 



11 35? 



11 41? 



Per acre 



Lbs. 

 3,316 



3.265 

 1,851 



1,743 



2,898 



2,787 

 2,494 



1,627 

 1,613 

 2,944 



2,353 

 1,547 

 1,673 



1,924 

 2,272 

 1.816 

 2,409 

 1,946 



1,585 



1,848 



1,726 



BARLEY PLOTS. 



The quantity of seed sown per acre on the barley plots was 2 bushels in 1889, 1890 

 and 1891, 1J bushels in 1892 and 1893, and two bushels in 1894. Two-rowed barley 

 has been used for seed throughout the whole period. The varieties used were as fol- 

 lows : 1889, 1890 and 1891, Saale ; 1892, Goldthorpe; 1893, Duckbill; and in 1894, 

 Canadian Thorpe, a selected form of the Duckbill. In 1894, the Canadian Thorpe was 

 sown April 19th, came up April 27th, and was harvested July 28th, requiring from the 

 date of sowing to maturity a period of 100 days. 



