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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



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of soda, superphosphate and Thomas' Phosphate, all ixsed singly. Also, of superphos- 

 phate with kainit and with kainit and nitrate of soda, and of Thomas' Phosphate with 

 kainit, and also with kainit and nitrate of soda. 



The land chosen for this test was in a fairly good condition of tilth. The 

 soil was a sandy loam, which had been uader cultivation since 1887, and has been 

 cropped each year since with a suitable rotation of crops, and has received a dressing 

 of barn-yard manure about once in four years. The last application of manure was in 

 1897, when it received about twelve tons per acre. The land was cropped in 1899 with 

 experimental grain plots, mostly barley. 



It is proposed to grow the same crops on this land for a series of years, using the 

 same fertilizers in the same quantities every second year. In this way it is hoped 

 that some further information may be gained as to the effect of these different fertili- 

 zers when used singly and in combination on the two important crops named. As this 

 land was in a fair average condition as to fertility, it may be regarded as representing 

 in a general way, average sandy loams on farms properly worked. 



RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OP FEP.TILIZERS TO SPRING WHEAT. 



The falling off in yield from plots 13 to 16 inclusive may be attributed partly to 

 the land being lighter and of poorer quality. 



