DIVISION OF TOBACCO ^ 1021 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



cured had a thin textured leaf of greenish yellow cast. The crop was graded and the 

 sound leaf was sold at 22} cents per pound, while that badly torn with the wind and 

 hail was sold for 10 cents per pound. Thus what promised to be a crop of first quality 

 had an unforeseen but destructive accident, deducting from its value more than one- 

 half. 



BURLEV EXPERIMENTS. 



The Burley ground was prepared from a clover sod, manured at sixteen spreader 

 loads per acre, and fertilized according- to the outline below. Part of the area was 

 manured the fall and sunnner previous, and the balance of the ground was manured 

 early in the spring. Ploughing was finished the last week of May, and the ground 

 was immediately rolled with a weighted roller, and double disced- It was again double 

 disced, harrowed smooth, and fertilized as follows: — 



Plot No. 1, acre plot. — 2.j0 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 400 pounds super- 

 phosphate per acre, 150 i^ounds blood meal per acre. 



Plot No. 2, acre plot. — 200 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 300 pounds super- 

 phosphate per acre, 200 pounds blood m.eal per acre. 



Plot No. S, acre plot. — 200 pounds basic slag (contains 18 to 24 per cent phos- 

 phoric acid) per acre, 200 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 100 pounds blood meal 

 per acre. 



Plot No. 4, acre plot. — 300 pounds superphosphate per acre, 200 pounds sulphate 

 of potash per acre, 140 pounds basic slag per acre. 



Plot No. 5, acre plot. — 200 pounds nitrate of soda per acre, 200 pounds sulphate 

 of potash per acre, 200 pounds superphosphate per acre. 



Plot No. 6, acre plot. — 200 pounds sulphate oi potash per acre, 200 pounds basic 

 slag per acre, 100 pounds blood meal per acre. 



- Plot No. 1 , acre plot. — 200 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 200 pounds super- 

 phosphate per acre, 300 pounds blood meal per acre. 



Plot No. 8, acre plot. — lf^5 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 240 pounds super- 

 phosphate per acre, 200 pounds Blood meal per acre. 



Plot No. 9, acre plot, divided into six plots of equal size. — 



No. 1, 200 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 300 pounds nitrate of soda 

 per acre, 300 pounds superphosphate per acre. 



No. 2, 250 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 350 pounds nitrate of soda 

 per acre, 350 pounds superphosphate per acre. 



No. 3, 300 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 400 pounds nitrate of soda 

 per acre, 400 pounds superphosphate per acre. 



Xo. 4, 350 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 450 pounds nitrate of soda 

 per acre, 450 pounds superphosphate per acre. 



No. 5, 400 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 500 pounds nitrate of soda 

 per acre, 500 pounds superphosphate per acre. 



No. 6, 400 pounds sulphate of potash per acre, 550 pounds nitrate of soda 

 per acre, 550 pounds superphosphate per acre. 



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