REPORT OF TEE DIRECTOR 



35 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS, ON PLOTS OF INDIAN COR^- Concluded. 



Fertilizers api>liec1 each year, from 18S8 to 

 1898 or 18!)9. No fertilizers used since. 

 Clever sown in 1!)00 in place of the corn 

 and ploughed under in May, I'JOl, before 

 the com was planted. 



Mineral pliospbate, untreated, finely ground, 

 500 lbs., wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. 

 per acre, used each year from 1888 to 1807 

 inclusive. In 1898 and 1899 500 lbs. of the 

 Thomas' phosphate was used in place 

 of the mineral phosphate. No fertilizers 

 have been ap[)lied since then .. . . . 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 500 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1888 to 1899 in- 

 clusive. No fertilizers have been applied 

 since then 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

 unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Uniiianured from the beginning 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre, used 

 each j^ear from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Bone, finely ground 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

 unleached, 1,5C0 lbs. por acre, used each 

 year from 1883 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year fron\ 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Sulphate of ammonia, SCO lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, GOO lbs. ; 

 muriate of potash, 200 lbs. : sulphate of 

 ammonia, 150 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year from 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Muriate of potash, 300 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Double sulphate of potash and magnesia, 

 300 lbs. ])er acre in 1889 and '90; (muriate 

 of potash, 200 lbs., substituted each year 

 since); dried l)lood, SOOlbs.; mineral super- 

 phosphate, No. 1. 500 lbs., per acre, used 

 each year from 1889 to 1899, inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Wood ashes, unleached, 1,900 lbs. per acre, 

 used each year from 1889 to 1899 inclusive. 

 No fertilizers have been applied since then. 



Bone, finely ground, 500 Ib.s. ; sulphate of 

 ammonia, 200 lbs. ; muriate of pota,sh, 

 200 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1S8D to 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers 

 have been applied since then 



16-3^ 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Thirteen Ye.ars. 



« V cu 



If tc, 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



12 300 



11 828 



13 1,713 



16 1,010 

 11 233 



12 3C0 



12 1,482 



I 



, O 01 



o - o 



^ taoa 



*a ■" 0) 



O * aj 

 Ph ^ bo 



Per 



Tons.lbs 



14th Season, 1902. 





5^^ O 



5 ^.c.2|o 



00. 



Sh; 



c 



? tt 



o ^ 



Per ai 



Tons. lbs. 



9 701 



8 1,678 



10 1,6G7 



12 1,005 

 9 215 



9 1,011 



9 1,583 



13 310 



13 662 



13 1,320 



9 1,762 



12 717 



10 1,015 



12 1,955 



10 859 



9 1,953 



G 1,951 



8 1,665 



8 276 



7 1,011 



11 200 



9 1,200 



O 1 



Per; 



Tons.lbs 



Average Yield 



for 

 Fourteen Years. 



. -« '3 



Or- O 

 Kr -^ ><-. 



O 33 ® 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



8 1,800 



6 600 



6 800 



13 240 9 1,.520 

 9 5G0:7 920 



12 520,7 1,840 



14 400 



8 400 



10 1,840 



11 1,800 



11 



12 150 



11 483 



I r 03 



. +3 '^ 



Oj- O 



O S 0/ 



Per acre 



Tons.lbs 



9 637 



8 1,315 



13 1,10510 1,034 



16 526!l2 613 

 10 1,970 8 1,979 



12 371 



9 784 



12 1,G90 9 1,755 



5 1,600 12 1,317 



5 1,320 13 317 



9 1,600 



10 800 8 1,600 



11 640 



11 1,3G0 



9 ... 



8 1,400 



8 1,4408 1,760 



13 1,069 



9 1,836 



9 1,406 



10 178 



9 1,927 



211 



12 50!) 8 1,689 



10 1,739 8 350 



12 1,?A1 



7 1,207 



