594 Grasses and Leguminous Crops in New York 



Cornell Experiment iStation on the siltj Dunkirk clay loam, 

 which was originally rather low in organic matter and nitrogen. 

 The primary part of the study has been the effect of fertilizers 

 applied to the timothy on succeeding grain Qrops. The unit appli- 

 cation of fertilizers is as follows: 160 pounds nitrate of soda, 

 3'20 pounds acid phosphate, 80 pounds muriate of potash, 10 tons 

 stable manure. In the columns headed " nitrogen," '' phos- 

 phorus," and " potassium," in the table below, the unit amount 

 of fertilizer just mentioned is represented by " 1," while " 2 " 

 indicates twice that amount. 



These materials are used on the twenty-two tenth-acre plots in 

 different combinations and different amounts.* The following 

 table gives a summary of the results : 



Table II 



EFFECT OF FERTILIZERS ON TIMOTHY 



* Different treatments during part of period, 

 t Based on two years' data, 

 j Average for two years. 



The data here presented show that chemical manures will 

 largely increase the yield of timothy. These fertilizers were 



* Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Buls. 232, 241, 261, 273, 339. These bulletins report the results of 

 the timothy fertilizer experiments from time to time. 



