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BOARD OF AGRICtJLTUKE. 



On each of those fields I have staked off a strip running across about 

 the middk\ and on these strips I have applied commercial fertilizers at 

 the following rates per acre: 



300 pound actual potash. 

 400 pounds phosphoric acid. 

 300 pounds bone meal. 

 The rate of 1,000 pounds per acre. 

 As per the following diagram: 



Potash. 



Phosphnric acid 

 Bone meal. 



Potash. 

 Phosphoric acid. 



Potash. 



1,000 lbs. per acre. 



Bone meal. 

 Phospijoricacid. 



Same. 



Same. 



Same. 



Same. 



Same. 



Same. 



Same. 



Same. 



On a strip a rod wide across each field I applied a mixture of each of 

 these three fertilizers in the proportion stated above. On the second 

 strip across each field alongside of the first strip I applied a mixture of 

 potash and phosphoric acid in the proportion of 400 pounds potash to 

 ()00 pounds phosphoric acid. On the third strip I applied potash alone, at 

 the rate 1,000 pounds per acre, and on the fourth strip I put bone meal 

 and phosphoric acid in the proportion of 400 pounds phosphoric acid and 

 000 pounds bone meal. 



It was applied about November 1st over the plants and on the ground 

 between the rows and the Planet Jr. run over the ground to cultivate it in. 



A good straw mulch or covering was put on November IGth and we 

 are now waiting for results. This time next year I could give a good 

 report of results. I expect to continue this experiment next spring on 

 newly set beds, with the same fertilizers in about the same proportion and 

 then determine which is the better time to apply it, fall or spring. 



