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EX PERIMENTA L FA RMS 



64 VICTORIA, A. 190T 

 EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF OATS, ^ ACRE ^ACB.- Continued. 



o 



03 



Fertilizers applied each Year, from 1889 

 to 1898 or 1899. No fertilizers used since. 

 Clover sown in 1899 and each year since 

 with the grain and ploughed under in the 

 Autumn. 



11 



12 

 13 



14 



15 



Ifi 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



Average Yield 



FOR 



Eleven Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre. 



Per acre 



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, inclusiv^i No 

 fertilizer has been applied since then 



Unmanured from the beginning 



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

 each year from 1888 to 1899, inclusive. 

 No fertilizer 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, inclusive. No 

 fertilizer has been applied since then 



Muriate of potash, 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 ai)plied since then . 



Sulphate 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, 

 inclusive. No fertilizer has been ap- 

 plied since then 



Land plaster or gypsum (Calcium sulphate) 

 300 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 1888 to 1899, inclusive. No fertilizer has 

 been applied since then 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 2, 500 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1889 to 1899, 

 inclusive. No fertilizer has been applied 

 since then ... 



Bush. lbs. 



36 



L>1 



33 



46 



3-t 



43 



35 



9^1 



25ft 



27H 



7,*: 



24 

 13,^, 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



12th Season, 1900. 

 Variety. 

 Banner. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



35 5i-?- 



32 



33 



24 r\ 

 67i 



Lbs. 



2,376 

 1,493 



1,960 



2,176 

 2,684 

 2,103 

 2,958 

 2,078 



1,931 



1,995 



1,851 



Per acre. 



Bush, lb?, 



45 20 

 26 31 



41 16 



62 2 



64 19 



.w 10 



51 31 



44 29 



43 8 



39 9 



4!) 4 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Average Yieli > 



POK 



Twelve Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Per acre. Per acre. Per acre 



Lbs. Bush. lbs. Lbs 



2,830 

 1,035 



2,295 



2,495 

 2,705 

 2,270 

 2,335 

 1,675 



1,830 



1,670 



36 31/.T 2,414 

 21 25/yi 1,455 



34 13,v 1,988 



39 28 iV 



2,203 



47 25 1\ 2,686 



.36 \4M 2,li: 



44 llf's 2,'.i0ti 



30 6^ 2,0 14 



35 28,»2 



33 9xW 1,968 



1,'.1L'3 



1,.580 34 17 A. I 1.828 



