REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS, ON PLOTS OF INDIAN CORN— Concluded. 



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Fertilizers applied each year, from 1888 to 

 1898 or 1899. No fertilizers used since, 

 Clover sown in 1900 in place of the corn 

 and ploughed under in May, 1901, before 

 the corn was planted. 



Average Yield 



for 

 Twelve Years. 



13th Season, 1901. 



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Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



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Mineral phosphate,untreated,finely ground, 

 500 lbs., wood ashes, unleached, 1,500 lbs. 

 per acre, used each year from 1888 to 1899 

 inclusive, In 1898 and 1899 500 lbs. of 

 the Thomas' Phosphate was used in place 

 of the mineral phosphate. No fertilizers 



have been applied since then 



9 Mineral superphosphate, No. 1 , 500 lbs. per 

 acre, used each year from 1888 to 1899 in- 

 clusive. No fertilizers have been applied 



since then 



10 Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs.; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 

 ll'Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

 unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year from 1888 to 1897 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then 



Unmanured from the beginning 



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

 each year from 188S to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have 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 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year from 1S88 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then . . 

 1G Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1888 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then 



17 i Mineral superphoshate, No. 1, 600 lbs 

 muriate of potash, 200 lbs. ; sulphate of 

 ammonia, 150 lbs. per acre, used each 

 year from 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



18 Muriate of potash, 300 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1889 to 1899 inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 



Double sulphate of potash and magnesia, 

 300 lbs. per acre in 1889 and '90 ; (muriate 

 of potash, 200 lbs., substituted each year 

 since) ;dried blood, 300 lbs.; mineral super- 

 phosphate, No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre, used 

 each year from 1889 to 1899, inclusive. No 

 fertilizers have been applied since then. . 

 20 Wood ashes, unleached, 1,900 lbs. per acre, 

 used each year from 1889 to 1899 inclusive. 

 No fertilizers have been applied since then. 

 Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs.; sulphate of 

 ammonia, 200 lbs.; muriate of potash, 

 200 lbs. per acre, used each year from 

 18S9 to 1899 inclusive. No fertilizers 

 have been applied since then 



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Ver acre. 



Tons lbs Tons. lbs. 



11 279 



10 2G4 



12 1,851 



Per acre 



fons lbs 



8 450 24 550 22 1,040 



7 1,309 



Average Yield 



for 

 Thirteen Years. 



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Per acre. 



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Per acre 



Tons. lbs. Tons lbs 



20 1,000 23 110 



10 39 25 20 20 1,200 



15 944 11 1,140 

 10 202 8 500 



11 327 8 1,145 



11 1,401 



12 384 



12 1,009 



12 1,297 



8 1,138 



11 458 



9 1,010 



12 222 



8 1,497 



9 007 



9 1,239 



8 1,773 



5 1,534 



28 1,800 23 1,310 

 23 010 19 800 



24 700 20 1,400 



24 1,700 22 020 



22 1,430 18 800 



23 GOO 20 300 



7 1,225 



G 1,841 



25 1,590 



23 110 



25 1,200 21 9G0 



25 1,830 



23 940 



26 800 22 1,500 



692 23 750 21 840 



12 300 



11 S28 



9 701 



8 1,078 

 13 1,713 10 1,GG7 



16 1,010 

 11 233 



12 360 



12 1,482 



12 1,005 

 9 215 



9 1,011 



9 1,583 



13 310 7 



13 602 



13 1,320 

 9 1,702 



10 859 



9 1,953 

 6 1,951 



12 717 

 10 1,615 



12 1,955 



8 1,605 

 8 276 



7 1,011 



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