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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



OAT PLOTS. 



The quantity of seed sown per acre on the oat plots was 2 bushels in 1889 and 1890 ; 

 1| bushel in 1891, 1892 and 1893, and 2 bushels in 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897. The 

 varieties used were as follows: In 1889, Early English; 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, Prize 

 Cluster; and in 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897, Banner. In 1897 the Banner was sown 

 5th May, came up the 13th May, and was harvested 9th August, requiring from the 

 date of sowing to maturity a period of 96 days. In every instance this year, excepting 

 that of plots Nos. 4 and 12, the yield of oats has been considerably above the average 

 of the previous eight years. The crop of plot 2 fertilized with fresh barn-yard manure 

 has again exceeded that of plot 1, treated with rotted manure and the average of the 

 former for nine years now stands 6 bushels 26 pounds higher than that of the latter. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS ON PLOTS OF OATS, A™ ACRE. 



o 



o 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 



12 

 13 

 14 



15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 



20 



21 



Fertilizers applied each Year. 



Barn-yard manure, well rotted, 15 tons per 



acre. 



Barn-yard manure, fresh, 15 tons per acre. 



Unmanured 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs. per acre 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground ; 500 lbs., nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. 

 per acre 



Barn-yard manure, partly rotted and ac- 

 tively fermenting, 6 tons per acre; 

 mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs. per acre, composted to 

 gether, intimately mixed and allowed to 

 heat for several days before using 



Mineral phosphate, untreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs. ; nitrate of soda, 200 

 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 1,000 lbs 

 per acre , 



Mineral phosphate, imtreated, finely 

 ground, 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, unleached, 

 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate, No. 1, 500 lbs. 

 per acre 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

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



Unmanured 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre 



Bone, finely groimd, 500 lbs. ; wood ashes, 

 unleached, 1,500 lbs. per acre 



Nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Muriate of potash, 150 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of iron, 60 lbs. per acre 



Common salt (Sodium chloride) 300 lbs. per 

 acre 



Land plaster or gypsum (Calcium sulphate) 

 300 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosphate. No. 2, 500 lbs. per 

 acre 



AVERAGK YlKLD 

 FOR 



Eight Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



43 



50 

 30 



30 

 46 



37 

 33 

 43 



35 

 22 

 31 



35 



43 

 33 

 41 

 34 



33 



31 



30 



23 



81 



24f 

 81 



40 28f 



42 23i 



% 

 llf 



5* 

 19| 

 26 



log 



3l| 

 23 

 30f 

 15s 



m 



71 

 3i 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Per acre 



Lbs 



3,039 

 .S,318 

 1,608 



1,843 



2,837 



2,670 



3,316 



2,442 

 2,022 

 2,941 



2,373 

 1,632 

 2,023 



2,237 

 2,725 

 2,265 

 .3,165 

 2,210 



2,025 



2,137 



1,924 



9th Season, 1897. 

 Variety 

 Banner. 



Yield 



of 

 Grain. 



Per acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



70 30 

 80 

 37 32 



28 33 



58 8 



68 18 



57 22 



64 14 



52 2 



65 30 



43 8 



18 18 



45 30 



57 12 

 60 



51 16 



5(; 16 



54 29 



53 18 

 49 4 



57 22 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Per acre 



Lbs. 



4,410 

 4,520 

 1,170 



1,545 



2,240 



2,590 



2,705 



1,850 

 2,010 

 2,460 



3,210 

 1,310 

 1,890 



2,470 

 2,840 

 2,180 

 2,740 

 2,335 



2,300 



2,010 



2,060 



AvEBAOK Yield 



FOR 



Nine Years. 



Yield 



of 

 Straw. 



Per acre 



Lbd. 



3,191 

 3,452 

 1,559 



1,810 



2,771 



2,661 



3,348 



2,376 

 2,021 

 2,888 



2,466 

 1,596 

 2,008 



2,263 

 2,738 

 2,256 

 3,118 

 2,224 



2,056 



2,123 



1,939 



