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EXPERIMENT No. 3 (1897). 



G. F. GUYLE, Scriba Corners. 

 VERY STONY, APPARENTLY DEFICIENT IN HUMUS. SEASON FAIRLY DRY. 



Plat I. 500 lbs. muriate potash. Yield, 4,286 quarts. 



Plat II. 500 lbs. sulfate potash. Yield, 4,044 quarts. 

 Plat III. 500 lbs. dissolved rock. Yield, 5,558 quarts. 

 Plat lY. 250 lbs. uiuriate potash, 



250 lbs. nitrate soda. Yield, 6,313 quarts. 

 Plat Y. 250 lbs. sulfate potash, 



250 lbs. nitrate soda. Yield, 5,357 quarts. 



EXPERIMENT No. 4 (1897). 



A. D. BUTTON, New Haven. 

 SOIL RICH BOTTOM LAND. SEASON FAIRLY DRY. 



Plat I, 350 lbs. dissolved rock. Yield, 13,597 quarts. 

 Plat II. 700 lbs. dissolved rock. Yield, 20,066 quarts. 

 (At an expense of $7 there was a gain of $353.55 over Plat I.) 



EXPERIMENT No. 5 (1897). 



GEORGE A. DAVIS, Mexico. 



SOIL HEAVY MUCK WHICH APPARENTLY CONTAINED SUFFICIENT 

 NITROGEN. SEASON FAIRLY DRY. 



Plat I. 300 lbs. nitrate soda, 



300 lbs. muriate potash, 



300 lbs. dissolved rock. Yield, 7,382 quarts. 

 Plat. II. 300 lbs. muriate potash, 



300 lbs. dissolved rock. Yield, 6,828 quarts. 

 Plat III. 300 lbs. nitrate soda, 



300 lbs. dissolved rock. Yield, 6,159 quarts. 

 Plat lY. 300 lbs. nitrate soda, 



300 lbs. muriate potash. Yield, 5,156 quarts. 



