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Table 15. Showing the Effect of Various Fertilizer Ingredients Upon 

 THE Protein Content of Wheat Kernels 



Per cent 

 total Per cent 



Fertilizer applied protein gliadin Ash 



1. Nitrate of soda, 5 lbs.; hydrate of lime, 132 i/o 



lbs ' *10.36 3.000 1.75 



2. Hydrate of soda, 5 lbs *11.08 3.280 1.73 



3. Hydrate of lime, 1321/2 lbs 11.41 4.037 1.93 



4. Check, no fertilizer 10.81 3.869 1.98 



5. Nitrate of soda, 5 lbs.; sulphate of potash, 6 



lbs 10.99 3.816 1.95 



6. Nitrate of soda, 10 lbs 11.00 4.130 1.99 



7. Check, no fertilizer 11.18 3.866 1.86 



8. Nitrate of soda, 5 lbs.; superphosphate, 20 lbs. 11.02 3.855 1.82 



9. Nitrate of soda, 10 lbs.; sulphate of potash, 6 



lbs 11.91 4.416 1.80 



10. Nitrate of soda, 10 lbs.; superphosphate, 30 



lbs 10.93 3.728 1.83 



11. Check, no fertilizer 9.99 3.793 1.87 



12. Superphosphate, 20 lbs 10.64 3.888 1.86 



13. Sulphate of potash, 6 lbs 10.82 4.054 1.81 



14. Check 10.77 3.978 1.79 



15. Nitrate of soda, 5 lbs.; sulphate of potash, 12 



lbs 10.94 3.806 1.82 



16. Nitrate of soda, 5 lbs.; superphosphate, 30 lbs. 10.57 3.878 2.20 



17. Nitrate of soda, 10 lbs.; superphosphate, 30 



lbs.; sulphate of potash, 12 lbs 10.76 3.870 1.90 



18. Nitrate of soda, 5 lbs.; superphosphate, 30 



lbs.; sulphate of potash, 6 lbs 11.00 4.291 1.87 



19. Nitrate of soda, 5 lbs.; superphosphate, 30 



lbs.; sulphate of potash, 12 lbs 11.35 4.703 1.90 



20. Nitrate of soda, 5 lbs.; superphosphate, 50 



lbs.; sulphate of potash, 6 lbs 11.92 4.815 1.91 



21. Check 10.58 4.312 1.82 



22. Sulphate of potash, 6 lbs.; superphosphate, 30 



lbs 11.06 4.617 1.81 



23. Dry blood, 7 lbs.; superphosphate, 30 lbs.; 



sulphate of potash, 6 lbs 11.24 4.748 1.86 



24. Legume, 1907-08; nothing, 1908-09; super- 



phosphate, sulphate of potash, 1909-10 12.27 5.720 1.87 



25. Superphosphate, 30 lbs., sulphate of potash, 6 



lbs., 1907-08; legume, 1908-09; nothing, 



1909-10 12.86 5.440 2.03 



* Plats 1 and 2 were discontinued in 1910 on account of building and plats 28 and 

 29 substituted. 



