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Special. — 1. Be sure and do not leave out any fertilizer belonging to the 

 experiment. 



2. For an extra plot of similar size to the rest, secure five hundred pounds 

 of average cow manure. 



3. Wooden stakes painted white, on which the names of the fertilizers 

 are plainly written with a lead pencil, answer nicely for labels. 



4. Wooden stakes two inches square and two feet long, with the lower 

 ends sharpened, are very suitable for driving in the ground at the four 

 corners of each plot. 



5. For your experiment, be sure and select soil which is very uniform 

 throughout, and which is about the average quality of your farm. 



6. Locate the experiment some distance away from buildings and trees, 

 in order to prevent any injury by poultry or birds, or by the shade or the 

 roots of trees, etc. Try and have your experiment near the public road, 

 where it can be seen by the people who pass by. 



7. Cultivate and harrow the land thoroughly, and thus make a seed-bed 

 which is fine and uniform throughout. Work enough land to allow for a 

 path three feet wide between each two plots. 



8. Carefully measure six uniform plots; each plot being exactly two rods 

 (33 feet) long by exactly one rod (16£ feet) wide, i. e., one-eightieth of an 

 acre. 



9. Drive the wooden stakes at the four corners of each plot, and leave a 

 clean path three feet wide between each two plots. 



10. Spread the 500 pounds of cow manure on one plot, and mix with the 

 soil to a depth of 4 or 5 inches. 



11. Sow the large lot of Superphosphate on one plot; the large lot of 

 Muriate of Potash on another plot; and the small lot of Superphosphate and 

 small lot of Muriate of Potash both on the plot for the mixed fertilizer. 

 Stir the fertilizers in the ground to a depth of 1 or 2 inches. 



12. Mark out each plot into ten rows one way by five rows the other 

 way, allowing 3 feet 4 inches between the rows. 



13. Plant five kernels of Corn at each of the places where the lines touch, 

 and thus make fifty hills on each of the six plots. 



14. When the plants are about three inches tall, sow the large lot of 

 Nitrate of Soda on one plot, and sow the small lot of Nitrate of Soda on 

 the mixed fertilizer plot on which the other two small of fertilizers were sown. 

 Stir the surface of all six plots to a depth of 1 or 2 inches. 



15. When the plants are six inches tall, thin out to four plants per hill. 



16. Cut the Corn as soon as it has ripened sufficiently. Weigh the crop 

 from each plot as soon as cut and then husk, weigh and count the ears. 



17. When the ears have become sufficientliy dried, shell the corn and then 

 weigh the grain of each variety. 



18. Examine your report carefully and see that all the facts of the 

 experiment are entered correctly. 



19. Make a copy of the report and keep it yourself for future reference. 



20. Kindly forward the report to Director of Co-operative Experiments, 

 Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont., as soon as possible after harvest. 



The report on the work is sent in on a special form with a statement 

 of the conclusions reached. These reports are examined carefully, ac- 

 cepted if satisfactory, or rejected if the observations and conclusions show 

 evidence of faulty experimenting-. Of course, in some cases, failure 

 through unavoidable circumfetance$ has to be reported. Succeeding 

 years show, however, improved practice by our farmers in this work. A 

 sample form is shown here as a suggestion of something that could be 



