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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



On the plots used for the tests of common red clover the seed was sown in the 

 spring of 1900, in the proportion of 12 pounds per acre, and on the plots for brome 

 grass the seed was also sown in the spring of 1900, in the proportion of 20 pounds per 

 acre. The growth, both of clover and brome grass, was strong on all these plots. 



RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS TO CLOVER. 



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Fertilizers used. 



1 1 Superphosphate, 400 lbs. per 



acre 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs. 



per acre , 



Thomas' phosphate, 800 lbs. 



per acre 



4 Check 



5,Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs. 

 kainit, 200 lbs per acre. . . 

 6 Superphosphate, 400 lbs. kai- 

 nit, 200 lbs. per acre 



Check 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs. 

 kainit, 200 lbs. nitrate soda 



100 lbs. per acre 



9,'Superphosphate, 400 lbs. kai- 

 nit, 200 lbs. nitrate soda, 

 100 lbs. per acre 



Length 

 of clover 

 1st cutting 



Inches. 



34-3G 



32-34 



3G— 40 

 32—34 



32—34 



3G— 38 

 32—34 



38—40 



31 — 33 



Length 

 of clover. 

 2nd cutti'g 



Inches. 



18—20 



17—19 



17—19 

 19-21 



19—21 



19—21 

 19-21 



16—18 



18-20 



Yield per 

 acre green 

 2nd cutting. 



Tons. Lbs 



1,520 

 400 



240 



1,920 



1,040 

 1,840 



2 1,440 



1 1,840 



Yield per 



acre cured 



2nd cutting. 



Tons. Lbs 



640 



1,480 



1,280 

 1,200 



1,200 



240 

 1,200 



1,600 



1.120 



RESULTS OF THE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS TO AWXLESS BROME GRASS. 



(Bromus inermis.) 



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Awuless Brome Crass (Bromus inermis). 



Fertilizers used. 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs. per acre 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs. per acre 



Thomas' phosphate, S00 lbs. per acre 



Check 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs. kainit, 200 lbs. per acre. 

 Superphosphate, 400 lbs., kainit, 200 lbs. per acre... . 

 Check.. 



Thomas' phosphate, 400 lbs., kainit, 200 lbs., nitrate soda, 100 lbs. 



per acre 



Superphosphate, 400 lbs., kainit, 200 lbs., nitrate soda, 100 lbs. 



per acre 



Length 



of Brome 



Crass. 



Inches. 



48—52 

 48—50 

 46-48 

 44—46 

 46—48 

 46—48 

 47-50 



47—50 



42—44 



Yii Id per 

 aci e cured. 



Tons. Lbs. 



640 

 1,600 

 1.000 

 1,920 



800 



80 

 320 



800 



520 



SPECIAL EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS. 



In the annual report of the Experimental Farms for 1893, details were given on 

 pages 8 to 24 of the results of a series of tests which were carried on during the pre- 

 vious five or six years with the object of gaining information regarding the effects 

 which follow the application of certain fertilizers and combination of fertilizers on 

 the more important farm crops. The particulars there given covered the results of six 

 years' experience with crops of wheat and Indian corn and five years' experience with 



