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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Experiments with Lima Beans all sown 17th and 18th May — Table III. 



SOAKING SEED PEASE AND BEANS IN DISSOLVED CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS. 



Some experiments were tried last year in soaking the seed of pease and beans in 

 nitrate of soda in solution with the object of ascertaining the eflPect upon germination 

 and yield. 



Nitrate of soda was used in three strengths — one, two and three ounces to the 

 gallon of water. The seed was soaked for one hour then planted, one hundred seeds 

 occupying a space of thirty feet in the row. 



RESULTS. 



Pease. — The percentage of germination did not vary to a marked extent, but there 

 was a regular increase of yield of each variety with the strength of the fertilizer used : — 

 Heroine excepted, the yield of this remained practically the same in each case. 



Beans. — The results here were so variable sis to preclude safe generalization. 



CELERY. 



A VARIETAL TEST. 



The following table gives particulars of information gained in growing thirty 

 varieties of celery including five of celeriac. It was arranged that 24 plants should 

 compose the number of each variety tested. In a few instances owing to bad seed or 

 accident it was impossible to obtain the requisite number. The plants were grown 

 under the trench system in single rows. Rust and spot caused serious damage in early 



