New York Aguicultural Experiment Station. 



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Table II. — Proportions to Soil and Amounts Fer Acre of Manure 



Used. 



CROP OF 189S-99. 



Enough manure to supply all the demands of the different 

 portions of soil was passed through a sieve of 1-inch x l^-inch 

 mesh, the rough parts were discarded, and it was all thoroughly 

 mixed before any portion of the soil was manured. This was 

 done to secure as uniform composition as possible. The re- 

 quired portion of soil was then weighed out or measured by 

 volume according to the requirements of each particular case, 

 the manure was added and both were thoroughly mixed together 

 before any commercial fertilizers were added. 



Application of commercial fertilizers. — The required amounts of 

 the commercial fertilizers were weighed out for each box of soil. 

 The exact amount of soil required for the box was spread upon 

 a clean cement floor A part of the commercial fertilizers were 

 scattered upon it; the pile was then well mixed and more of the 

 fertilizers added. This process ^as repeated till the applica- 

 tion of the fertilizers was complete. After still further mixing, 

 the soil was put into the box designed for it. 



