AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



41 



Average. 



Fertilizer Applied. 



No fertilizer. 



DiBsolved bone blaok, cuntaining phosphoric 

 acid 



' Dissolved bone black, 



\ Muriate of potash, 



Dissolved bone black, 

 Muriate of potash, 

 Sulphate of ammonia, 



Containing phos- ' 

 pburic acid and 

 potash, 



Containing ohos- ' 

 phoric acid, pot- 

 ash and nitrogen, . 



Fine ground bone 



Yield per plot. !| Yield per acre. 



Beans. 



lbs. 

 27.6 



33.5 



28.1 



37.7 



29.6 



Vines. 



lbs. 

 24 



33 



26 



38 



32 



Beans. 



bush. 

 ».14 



11.1 



9.3 



12.5 



9.8 



Vines. 



lbs. 

 485 



652 

 510 



770 



635 



Experiment of William Downs, So. Sebec. 



Crop, beans. Land had had no manure for six years. Soil 

 uniform. 



Plot. 



Fertilizer Applied. 



No fertilizer 



Dissolved bone black. 



J Dissolved 1 

 I Muriate of 



Dissolved bone black. 

 }f potash. . . . 



■ Dissolved bone black . 

 Muriate of potash. . . 

 Sulphate of ammonia 



10 



Fine ground bone . . . . 



No fertilizer 



Dissolved bone black. 



< Dissolved 

 I Muriate o 



C Dissolved 1 

 ^ Muriate of 

 C Sulphate o 



bone blaok . 

 f potash. . . . 



Dissolved bone black . 

 af potash. . . . 

 A ammonia 



Fine ground bone 





a s 

 < p. 



lbs. 



400 



400 

 iOO 



400 



100 ] 



loo' 



400 



400 



400: 



100; 



400- 



luO' 



loo I 



400 



Beans. 



lbs 

 50.0 



60.0 

 71.5 



84.0 



43.0 



37. 



42.5 



55.5 



74.5 

 46.0 



Yield 

 per acre. 



Beans. 



bush. 

 16.6 



20.0 

 23.8 



28.0 



14.3 

 12.3 

 14.1 



18.5 



24.8 

 15.3 



