]STew York Agricultural Experiment Station. 475 



The following statement shows the percentage of the ingredi- 

 ents of each of the soils which were tested with Crop IV. 



Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. 



7 100 



8 100 



9 66 2-3 33 1-3 



10 66 2-3 33 1-3 



11 16 2-3 50 33 1-3 



Before planting the seed it was dropped into water and the 

 light seeds were skimmed off. The seed was then sown on each 

 plat in furrows f of an inch deep following the plan which was 

 used with Crop II as stated on page 468. The seed was sown 

 November 23, 1897, and the first germinations occurred November 

 29. On Soils 9 and 11 the germination was less rapid and not so 

 uniform as on the other soils. The seedlings which appeared on 

 the first day of germination were comparatively few and hence 

 were discarded; those which appeared on the second and third days 

 were allowed to grow. In the case of Soils 9 and 11 it was found 

 necessary to keep those which appeared on the fourth day also in 

 order to have enough seedlings from which to select plants for 

 the experiment. All other seedlings were promptly cut out. The 

 seedlings were thinned December 9. As soon as they had devel- 

 oped sufficiently to show which were most vigorous they were 

 transplanted to permanent places in the same plat in which they 

 were growing and set 8| by 9 inches apart. This was done De- 

 cember 24. All seedlings were measured and those which were 

 selected for transplanting were nearly uniform in size, varying 

 no more than 1-4-inch in the plat and in the average not more than 

 1-3-inch between different plats. A few of the plants, about 

 1 per cent, afterwards damped off or were discarded for some 

 other disqualifying reason; all others reached marketable size 



* The mechanical analyses of the clay loam and of the sandy loam are 

 given on page 479. The chemical analyses may be found on page 487. . 



