DIV[S10\ OF FIL'IJ) UlSn.W fiRY 



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StSSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



iiiachiiK' ill clieck.-i '■> ft-ot apart each way, for tliis distance lias proven tlie iiu>t 

 a.Ivantaf^eoiis for this di.^trict in getting good silage results. The land was harrowed 

 with a drag harrow twice hefore the corn came up, to keep down the corn spurrey. 

 After the last cultivation with u two-horse two-rowed cultivator (except the finishing 

 oif. for which we used the single walking scuffler), it was hand hoed once. In 

 harvesting, the corn was l)ouiid and haulrd on low-wheeled wagons. The total cost 

 in the silo was $2.73 per ton. 



BARNYAKD :MANURE. 



COMMKRCIAL FKRTII.IZKU ALOXK VeVSUS COM Mi;i{CI.\L FKUTILIZKR TOfJETIIER WITH 



BARNYARD MANURE FOR MANGELS. 



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In order to ascertain the value of harnyard manure for mangels, an experiment 

 was begun using a mixture of commercial fertilizer only on one plot, and the same 

 mixture, together with IG tons per acre of barnyard manure on a second plct While 

 the second plot yielded over ?> tons per acre more mangels than the first, the manure 

 could not be considered as having entirely paid for itself from the first crop after 

 application. The yields of succeeding crops must, of course, be considered before 

 the full value of the manure will be known. 



CoMMKHciAL Fki:tit,izf.r alone versus Commercial Fertilizer together with Barnyard 



j\ranure. 



SPRING API'I.IC.VTION versn>i WINTER APPLICATION OF FRESH MANURE. ' 



In this \ery wet winter climate it is thought there may be undue loss through 

 the leaching of barnyard manure a{)plied in the fall or winter. An experiment to 

 learn the probable extent of this loss has been conducted during the past season. 

 The restilts, as tabulated l>elow, favour spring application. 



Further tests, verifying these results, must be made, before accepting them as 

 conclusive. 



Agassiz. 



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