34 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS TO AWXLESS BROME GRASS. 



Crop Cut June 27, 1904. 



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 13 

 14 

 15 

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Table III. 

 Fertilizers used. 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs. per acre 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs. per acre . 

 Thomas' phosphate, 800 lbs. per acre. 

 Check. 



Height 



of 



Brome Grass 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs.; kainit, 200 lbs. per acre. . . . 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs.; kamit, 200 lbs. per acre 



Check 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs. ; kainit, 200 lbs. ; nitrate soda, 



100 lbs. per acre 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs.; kainit, 200 lbs.; nitrate soda, 100 



lbs. per acre 



Barn-yard manure, mixed horse and cow, fresh, 12 tons per 



acre 



Barn-yard manure, mixed horse and cow, well rotted, 12 



tons per acre 



Check 



Fresh slacked lime, 1,000 lbs. per acre 



Nitrate soda, 100 lbs. per acre 



Check 



Nitrate soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Inches. 



44—48 

 44-48 

 44—48 

 44-48 

 45—50 

 45—50 

 44—48 



45-50 



45—50 



45-50 



45-50 

 44-48 

 44—48 

 45—50 

 45—50 

 45—50 



Yield per Acre. 



Green. 



Tons. Lbs. 



9 



7 

 7 

 5 

 5 



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 I 



5 



6 

 5 

 3 



7 

 8 

 7 



320 

 480 



1,400 

 800 



1,600 



1,760 



240 



80 



560 



880 



1,800 



40 



160 



640 



Cured. 



Tons. Lba. 



4 



4 

 3 

 2 



2 

 2 

 2 



2 



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2 

 2 

 1 

 3 



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3 



1,040 



440 



800 

 1,800 

 1,480 



1,800 



1,920 



560 



840 



560 

 1,760 



240 

 1,040 



320 



INCREASED CROPS EROM THE PLOUGHING UNDER OE CLOVER. 



Eurther experiments liave heen conducted during 1904 to show the benefit arising 

 from the ploughing under of clorer to add humus and fertility to the soil. Li all these 

 experiments there has been a marked increase in the crop the first year following the 

 ploughing under of clover, a considerable increase the second year, and some increase 

 on the third year after clover. 



