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Bulletin 232. 



Fertilizers on Oats and Timothy. 



A. 160 lb. "Niterlime." Not applied in 1905. 



B. 10 tons of manure. 



C. 20 tons of manure. 



♦The quantitative composition of "Niterlime" was not determined, therefore no valuation 

 can be ascribed to this ingredient. 



The acid phosphate was valued at ^c. a lb. or SIO per ton. 



The nitrate of soda was valued at 2^c. a lb. or $45 per ton. 



The muriate of potash was valued at 2c. a lb. or $40 per ton. 



The stable manure was valued at 50c. per ton. 



Early fall rains prevented the seeding of wheat on this tenacious 

 clay soil. It was, therefore, decided to sow oats in the spring without 

 the application of any further fertilizer. The plats were sown to 

 oats at the rate of nine pecks per acre on April 18, 1904, together 

 with timothy at the rate of fifteen pounds per acre. 



Yields of Oats in 1904. 



The following table gives the yield of grain in bushels per acre, 

 the increased yield due to treatment, the total value of increase, 

 and the net gain or loss from fertilizers. The yield of straw is not 

 given, since some doubt as to the accuracy of the figures has arisen. 

 The value of the increased yield of oats is obtained by multiplying 

 the number of bushels by 34 cents, which is according to the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, the average December price of 

 oats in this State for the ten years ending 1903. The net gain or 

 loss from fertilizer is obtained by subtracting from the total value 

 of the increase the cost of the fertilizer, as shown in table on page 279. 



