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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



64 VICTORIA, A. 190T 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF WHEAT tVth ACRE i^XQK—Continurd. 



Fertilizers applied each Year from 1888 to 

 1898 or 1K99. No fertilizers used since 

 Clover sown in 1899 and each year since 

 with the grain and ploughed under in the 

 Autumn. 



AvEKAGE Yield 



FOR 



Twelve Years, 



13th Season, 1900. 



Yakikty, 



Red FiKK. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre. 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Thirteen Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Yield 

 of 



Straw. 



Per acre Per acre. iPer acre I Per acre. 



12 

 13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



Bush. lbs. 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. ; wood ashes, un- 

 leached, 1,.500 lbs. per acre, used each year 

 from 1888 to 1897 inclusive. No fertilizer 

 has been applied since then 



Uuuianured from the beginning 



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

 each year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertil'zer has been applied since then. . . . 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

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

 year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizer has been applied since then .... 



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

 year from 1888 to 1899 incl isive. No 

 fertilizer has been applied since then 



Muriate of ]K)tash, 150 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizer has been applied since then . . 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizer has been applied since then . 



Sul)jhate of iron, 60 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizer has been applied since then . . 



Common salt (Sodium chloride), 300 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1888 to 1899 in 

 elusive. No fertilizer has been applied 

 since then 



Land plaster or gypsum (Caleium sulphate), 

 300 lbs. per acre, used each year from 1S88 

 to 1899 inclusive. No fertilizer has been 

 a))plied since then 12 30 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 2, ."jOO lbs. perl 

 acre, used each year froml8S9 to 1899 in- 

 clusive. No fertilizer has been used since 

 then I 12 33i\ 



13 

 9 



11 



15 



13 



15 



12 



12 



In 

 O 



Lbs. Bu.sh. lbs. 



18 20 

 11 10 



15 40 



14 50 

 IG 35 



15 40 



16 10 

 12 45 



14 25 



Lbs. il'.usli. lbs. 



Per acre 



3,835 



2,880 



2,740 



14 10 J-. 

 9 47i*n 



1,4SG 



1,880 



1,895 



14 40 



1,720 



i-> 4012 



Lbs. 



2.S21 

 1.S30 



12 1,^1 1,965 



3,840 15 7,=^ 2.474 



2,840 13 33,'., --'.SfJi) 



2,935 15 21 j 2,134 



2,480 I 12 24 ' 2,343 



i j 



1,7S5 j 12 27t^! 1,874 



1,905 ! 13 25,^Ti| 1,.523 



11 45 j 2,010 12 2G^-j 1,890 



1,S82 



BARLEY PLOTS. 



The quantity of seed sown per acre on the barley plots was 2 bushels in 18S9, 

 1S90 and 1891, U bushels in 1892 and 1893, and 2 bushels in 1894, 1S95, 1S9('.. 1897, 

 1898, 1899 and 1900. Two-rowed barley has been used for seed throughout the whole 

 period. The varieties used were as follows : 1889, 1890 and 1891. Saale ; 1892. (Jold- 

 thorpe ; 1893, Duck-bill ; and in 1894, 1895, 1896. 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900, Canadian 

 Thorpe, a selected form of the Duck-bill. In 1900 the Canadian Thorpe was sown on 

 May 7, came up May 18 and was harvested from Auguf-t 1 to 8. 



