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The results for 1903 shown in the above table mav be 

 summarized as follows : 



(1) — Spring- and fall sowing afforded practically the 

 same yields, about one ton of hay per acre the first sum- 

 mer. 



(2)' — Nitrate of soda applied at the rate of 80 pounds 

 per acre with the seed in spring failed to increase the 

 yield. 



(3) — Six tons of stable manure more than doubled 

 the yield tlie first season when applied in Februai'y to 

 fall sown young alfalfa plants. 



(4) — Eighteen tons of stable manure enabled alfalfa 

 to 3ield 3.4 tons of hay per acre the third season after 

 the application. 



(5) — Lime, at the rate of 20 barrels per acre, result- 

 ed the third year after application in a crop practically 

 equal to that obtained by the use of 18 tons of stable 

 manure at the same time. 



(6) — The application of both lime and large amounts 

 of stable manure together did not increase the yield the 

 third year after application as compared with either ap- 

 plied alone. 



The first cutting of hay was nearly pure alfalfa, the 

 second contained considerable crabgrass, and the third 

 cutting contained more crabgrass than alfalfa. 



EFFECTS OF LIME AND INOCULATION COMBINED. 



On October 3, 1902, three plots of sandy soil of fair 

 quality on the Experiment Station farm at Auburn were 

 sown with alfalfa. Phosphate and muriate of iwtash 

 were used on all plots. Polt 3 had neither lime nor in- 

 oculation; plot 4 was not limed, but inoculated as fol- 

 lows: Soil from an old alfalfa field 100 yards distant, 



