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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS TO OATS. 



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 10 

 11 



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14; 



15' 



Name of Variety. 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs 

 per acre 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 

 lbs. per acre 



Thomas' phosphate, 800 

 lbs. per acre 



Check 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 

 lbs. kainit, 200 lbs. per 

 acre 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs., 

 kainit, 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, mix- 

 ed horse and cow, fresh, 

 12 tons per acre .... 



Barn-yard manure, mix- 

 ed horse and cow, well 

 rotted, 12 tons per acre 



Check 



Fresh slacked lime, 1,000 

 lbs. ]3er acre 



Nitrate soda, 100 lbs. per 

 acre 



Check 



Nitrate soda, 200 lbs. 

 per acre 



Date 



of 



Sowing. 



May 11. 

 M 11. 



M 11. 



M 11. 



11. 



11. 

 11. 



.. 11 



„ 11, 



M n. 



M 11. 



„ 11. 



.. 11. 



., 11. 



,. 11. 



.. 11. 



Date of 

 Ripen- 

 ing. 



Aug. IG 



.- 16 



n 16 



.. 16 



.. 16. 



., 16. 



M 16. 



M 16. 

 n 16. 

 ,. 16. 



., 19. 



.. 16. 



n 16. 



,. 15. 



n 16. 



M 16. 



Length 



of 

 Straw. 



Charac- 

 ter of 

 Straw. 



Inches. 



45 to 50 Stiff. 



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45 50 



45 50 

 45 50 



45 .50 



45 .50 

 45 50 



45 50 



45 50 

 45 .^)0 



45 50 



45 50 



45 50 



45 50 



45 50 



45 50 



Length 



of 

 Head. 



Inches. 



8 to 9i 

 8 9i 



9A 

 9| 



8 9i 



9i 

 9| 



8 9i 



8 9J 



^\ 



9i 



8 9i 



9i 

 9i 



8 9^ 



I Kind of 

 Head. 



Brandling 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Rusted. 



Bush. Lbs. I 



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I 



70 20 Slightly 



72 

 75 



73 

 73 



68 



71 



72 

 72 



6S 



68 

 65 



22 



22 

 10 



70 20 



18 

 18 



70 20 



26 



32 

 32 



32 



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In this series of tests the check plots to which no fertilizers have been applied, 

 have given crops averaging about as large as any of the plots on which fertilizers have 

 been used. This would seem to show that the land this season contained all the 

 available plant food which the crops could utilize. With the partial exhaustion which 

 will be produced by several successive crops the relative usefulness of the different 

 fertilizers will probably be more clearly manifest. 



SPECIAL EXPEETMENTS WITH FERTILIZEES. 



In the annual report of the Experimental Farms for l'^93, details were given on 

 pf ges 8 to 24 of the results of a series of tests which were carried on during the pre- 

 vious five or six years with the object of gaining information regarding the effects 

 wh'ch follow the application of certain fertilizers and combinations of fertilizers on 

 the more important farm crops. The particulars there given covered the results of six 

 years' experience with crops of wheat and Indian corn and five years' experience with 

 crops of oats, barley, turnips and mangels. The results of similar |3sts conducted for 

 three years with carrots and one year with sugar beets were also given. , 



These experiments have been continued ; and as explanatory regarding the pre- 

 parations made and the general plan together with the way in which they have been 

 carried on, the following paragraphs are quoted from the report of 1893 : — 



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