FARM EXPERIMENTS. 



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The plots marked and 00 were planted without manui-o to sliow 

 the natural fertility of the soil. Plots 1-G were designed to show 

 the effect of the different fertilizers when applied alone and in pairs. 

 In plots 7-9 nitrogen is supplied in Nitrate of Soda, in 10-12 nitro- 

 gen is supplied in Sulphate of Ammonia, and in 13-1.^ nitrogen is 

 supplied in Dried Blood. 



No. OF Plot. 



Preliminary •■ 

 Group. 



I 



Nitrate of Soda'( 

 Group. I 



9 



Sulphate of 



Ammonia 



Group. 



Dried Blood 

 Group. 



I 



6 a 

 flO 



11 



! 12 



I 



6b 



ri3 



; 14 



6c 

 



Kind of Fertilizer. 



Nothing 



Nitrate of Soda 



Superphosphate 



Muriate of Potash 



Nitrate of Soda 



Superphosphate 



Nitrate of Soda 



Muriate of Potash 



Superphosphate, ) Mixed... 

 Muriate of Potash, 3 Minerals. 



Mixed Minerals as No. 6 



Nitrate of Soda, ^ ration 



Mixed Minerals 



Nitrate of Soda, | rations 



Mixed Minerals 



Nitrate of Soda, full ration... . 



Mixed Minerals as No. 6 



Mixed Minerals 



Sulph. Ammonia, ^ ration 



Mixed Minerals 



Sulph. Ammonia, | ration 



Mixed Minerals 



Sulph. Ammonia, full ration... 



Mixed Minerals as No. 



Mixed Minerals 



Dried Blood, J ration 



Mixed Minerals 



Dried Blood, | ration 



Mixed Minerals 



Dried Blood, full ration 



Mixed Minerals as No. 6 



No manure 



S 2 

 p. a 



Si g 



t > :s. 



= 



C .Q — 



M C3 O. 



lbs. 



70 

 40 



60 



290 



380 



210 



200 

 200 



220 



150 



320 

 140 



280 



180 



300 

 240 



An experiment with fertilizers carried on through one year only, 

 decides nothing, especially in a season like the one just past, in 

 which, owing to the drought, the crops failed to get the full benefit of 

 the fertilizers applied. It ma^- be well, however, to call attention to 

 the fact that applications of nitrogen with the mixed mineral fertil- 

 izers did not produce great gains over the mixed minerals alone. 



