328 



Bulletin 241. 



Plat 728. 



640 lbs. Nitrate of Soda... 

 80 lbs. Muriate of Potash. 

 320 lbs. Acid Phosphate... 



^ applied April 17 

 Yi applied May 8 



The fertilizers were applied April 17 with the exception of the second 

 application on plats 727 and 728 as noted above. 



The hay on all the plats was cut July 11, and was weighed July 12, 13. 

 ■ In this experiment there are 22 tenth acre plats, eight of which are 

 left without the application of fertilizer of any kind in order to determine 

 the' increase due to the fertilizer applied to the other 14 plats. Twelve 

 plats received commercial fertilizers of various kinds, combinations and 

 amounts,, while two received an application of stable manure. There is * 

 this.:- hnportant difference between the application of the commercial fer- 

 tiliziefl; and the stable manure : thus far only one application of stable 

 m^JEpre has been made to the plats thus treated, while in the case of the 

 c^mercial fertilizers, three annual applications have thus far been made. '■■ 

 dfe^.of these applications was made in the fall of 1903 preceding the, 

 scTwiiig of the oats in the spring of 1904, while both in the spring of 1905 

 and 1906 the timothy has received a top dressing of commercial fertilizers 

 as mdicated in the table on page — . The only application of stable 

 manure was made in the fall of 1903, on one plat at the rate of 10 tons 

 per acre and on the other at the rate of 20 tons per acre. In the table on 

 page — are given the actual yields calculated in pounds per acre and also 

 the apparent increase in yield due to the application of the different fer- 

 tilizers as indicated. 



