AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



39 



Average. 



Experiment of J. F. Piirrington, West Bowcloin. Soil, moist, 

 sandy loam, badly run out. Crop, potatoes. Season unfavorable. 



Plot. 



5 

 6 



7 



10 



Fertilizer Applied. 



No fertilizer 



Dissolved bone black . 



Dissolved bone black 

 Muriate of potash.,.. 



Dissolved bone black. 

 Muriate of potash. ... 

 Sulphate of ammonia . 



Fine ground bone 



No fertilizer 



Dissolved bone black . . 



J Dissolved bone black. 

 ( Muriate of potash. .. . 



C Dissolved bone black. 

 < Muriate of potash . . . . 

 ( Sulphate of ammonia. 



Fine ground bone 



a t- 



O «- 



lbs. 



400 



400 

 100 



400 

 lUO 

 100 



400 



400 



400 ; 



100; 



400- 

 100 I 

 100. 



400 



Yield per plot. 



o 

 to 





lbs 

 3.3 



20.0 

 27.0 



74.3 



33.0 

 35.0 

 53.0 



73.0 



194.0 

 45.0 



a 



a 



lbs. 

 21.5 



24.3 

 32.0 



33.5 



20.0 

 16.3 

 30.0 



26.5 



24.0 

 30.5 



o 



lbs. 



24.6 



44.3 

 59.0 



107.8 



53.0 

 19.8 

 83.0 



99.5 



21.8 

 75.5 



Yield per acre. 



to 



ho 



bu 



10 



6.6 

 9.0 



24.7 



11.0 



1.1 



17,6 



24,3 



64.6 

 15.0 



(a 



bu 

 7.1 



8.1 

 10.6 



11.1 



o 

 H 



bu. 



8.1 



14.7 

 19.6 



35.8 



6.6 17.6 



5.4 6,5 



10.0 



8.8 



27,6 

 33.1 



8.072,6 



10.125.1 



