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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS, ON PLOTS OF INDIAN COmH—Ctmduded. 



10 

 11 



12 

 13 

 14 



15 

 16 

 17 



18 

 19 



20 

 21 



Fertilizers applied each year. 



Mineral phosphate untreated, 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. per 

 acre ; nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre. . 



Mineraj superphosphate No. 1, 350 lbs. ; 

 nitrate of soda, 200 lbs ; wood ashes, un- 

 leached, 1,500 lbs, per acre 



Unmanured 



Bone, finely ground, 500 lbs. per acre 



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

 unleached, 1,600 lbs. per acre 



Nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. per acre 



Sulphate of ammonia, 300 lbs. per acre 



Mineral superphosjihate No. 1, 600 lbs. ; 

 muriate of potash, 200 lbs. ; sulphate of 

 ammonia, 150 lb«. per acre. 



Muriate of potash, 300 lbs. per acre 



Double sulphate of potash and magnesia, 

 300 lbs. peracre in 1889 and '90 ; (muriate 

 of potash, 200 lbs., substituted each year 

 since) ; dried blood, 300 lbs. ; mineral 

 superphosphate No. 1, 500 lbs. per acre. . 



Wood ashes, unleached, 1,900 lbs. p>er acre. 



Bone, finely ground, 600 lbs. ; sulphate of 

 ammonia, 200 lbs. ; muriate of potash, 

 200 lbs. per acre. 



AVERAOB TlXLD 

 FOR 



NiNB Ykars. 



I o a> 



iH no 

 Oj3 O 



O <I> 9) 



Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



11 

 10 

 13 



16 

 11 

 11 



12 

 13 

 13 



13 

 9 



11 

 10 



IS 



1,747 

 1,947 

 1,762 



165 



291 



1,634 



284 



3(13 



1,024 



3 

 618 



1,244 

 401 



SS4 



N 



O <£ 



Oj3 O 



^•- (C 



O 3> !• 





Per acre 



Tons lbs 



8 982 



8 206 



10 1,040 



12 746 



9 368 



9 8 



8 1,592 



10 132 



10 136 



9 703 

 5 1,992 



7 1,800 

 7 83 



9 266 



IOthSkason, 1897. 





Per acre. 



Tons. lbs. 



11 700 



8 1,010 



10 960 



17 1,440 



8 1,370 



11 210 



14 



9 



10 



14 

 8 



205 



. 1,640 



1,490 



600 

 1,310 



12 660 



8 1,650 



11 



700 





'•a 



? a 



-=•'■-''0 H 



Per acre 



AviRAOB Yield 



KOR 



Ten Years. 



I O <D 



. *"0 

 Oj= o 



» be PI 



^•'~ IB 

 O <S> V 



Per acre. 



Tons lbs 



10 380 



8 300 



9 1,380 



14 



7 

 9 



810 



ijoio 



10 1,405 

 8 700 

 8 800 



12 1,250 

 6 300 



7 1,400 

 7 1,060 



7 1,910 



Tons. lbs. 



11 1,642 

 10 1,453 

 13 1,082 



16 

 10 

 11 



12 

 12 

 13 



13 

 9 



11 

 10 



13 



I O 0) 



.*"T3 



0J3.0 



^< 



C ® g 



Per »cre 



Tons lbs 



8 1,322 



8 215 



10 874 



49212 1.152 



1,799 

 1,402 



676 



1,627 



471 



263 



487 



1,386 

 126 



241 



1,931 

 108 



8 1,973 



9 1,789 

 9 1,802 



9 1,358 

 6 23 



7 1,760 

 7 181 



9 31 



PLOTS OF MAJSTGELS AND TURNIPS, 



In conducting these experiments the roots only hare been taken from the land, the 

 tof)s have always been cut ofiF and left on the ground to be ploughed under so that the 

 plant food they have taken from the soil may be returned to it. One-half of each one- 

 tenth acre plot in the series has been devoted to the growth of mangels, and the other 

 half to turnips. The preparation of the land has been the same for both these roots. It 

 ha.s been ploughed in the autumn after the crop is gathered, disc-harrowed or gang- 

 ploughed once in the spring, harrowed with smoothing harrow once, then ridged, rolled 

 and sown. 



In 1889, the variety of mangel used was the Mammoth Long Red. In 1890, three 

 varieties were sown : 15 rows of Mammoth I.i<)ng Red, 6 of Mammoth Long Yellow, and 

 6 of Golden Intermediate on each plot. In 1891, each plot again had three varieties : 

 18 rows of Mammoth Long Red, 3 of Yellow Fleshed Tankard, and 6 of Golden Tankard. 

 In 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897 one variety only has been used, namely, the 

 Mammoth Ix)ng Red. From 4 to 6 pounds of seed have been sown per acre, each year, 

 in rows 2^ feet apart. In 1897 the mangels were sown 5th May, came up 17th May, 

 and were pulled 11th October. 



