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ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE 



Off. Doc. 



The value of the crop per acre for the different fertilizers applied, 

 is shown in the following table 



TABLE 15. 

 Average Yearly Value of Corn Per Acre. 



Insoluble phosphoric acid, 

 Reverted phosphoric acid. 

 Soluble phosphoric acid, . 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid, 



No phosphoric acid 



Nothing, 



lime. 



Ground bone, .. 

 Bone black and 



Bone black, 



South Carolina rock 



^^■2 73 

 31 U 

 30 75 

 30 02 

 25 73 

 20 09 



OATS. 



Taking the average for the three years, 1887, 1891 and 1895, in- 

 soluble phosphoric acid (ground bone) was first in the yield of grain 

 and straw and weight per bushel, insoluble (South Carolina rock) 

 second in grain and straw and fourth in weight per bushel, reverted 

 third in grain, fourth in grain and fifth in straw and weight per 

 bushel, soluble fifth in grain and third in straw and weight per 

 bushel. 



TABLE 16. 

 Average Yield Per Acre of Oats. 



Soluble phosphoric acid, . 

 ReVerted phosphoric aci'l. 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid, 

 Insoluble phosphoric acid. 



No phosphoric acid, 



Nothing 



105 

 106 

 106 

 104 

 104 

 100 



