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Plat 2. Five hundred pounds sulfate potash; yield, four thousand and 

 forty-tour quarts. 



Plat 3. Five hundred pounds dissolved rock; yield, five thousand five 

 hundred and fifty-eight quarts. 



Plat 4. Two hundred and fifty pounds muriate potash, two hundred and 

 fifty pounds nitrate soda; yield, six thousand three hundred and thirteen 

 quarts. 



Plat 5. Two hundred and fifty pounds sulfate potash, two hundred and 

 fifty pounds nitrate soda; yield, five thousand thi'ee hundred and fifty- 

 seven quarts. 



Experiment No. 4 (1897). 



Soil rich bottom land. Season fairly dry. 



Plat 1. Three hundred and fifty pounds dissolved rock; yield, thirteen 

 thousand five liundred and ninety-seven quarts. 



Plat 2. Seven hundred pounds dissolved rock; yield, twenty thousand 

 and sixty-six quarts. (At an expense of $7, there was a gain of $353.55 

 over plat 1.) 



EXPEHIMEXT No. 5 (1897). 



Soil heavy muck ichich apparently contained sufficient tiitroffen. Season 



fairly dry. 



Plat 1. Three hundi-ed pounds nitrate soda, three hundred pounds mu- 

 riate potash, three hundred pounds dissolved rock; yield, seven thousand 

 three hundred and eighty-two quarts. 



Plat 2. Three hundred pounds muriate potash, three hundred pounds 

 dissolved rock; yield, six thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight quarts. 



Plat 3. Three hundred pounds nitrate soda, three hundred pounds dis- 

 solved rock; yield, six thousand one hundi-ed and fifty-nine quarts. 



Plat 4. Three hundred pounds nitrate soda, three hundred pounds 

 muriate potash; yield, five thousand one hundred and fifty-six quarts. 



Plat 5. Five hundred pounds nitrate soda, three hundred pounds muriate 

 potash, three hundred pounds dissolved rock; yield, seven thousand and 

 fifty-nine pounds. 



Plat 6. Three hundred poutids nitrate soda, five hundred pounds muriate 

 potash, three hundred pounds dissolved rock; yield, eight thousand seven 

 hundred and eight quarts. 



Experiment No. 6 (1898). 



Soil gravelly loam. Season wet. 



Plat 1. Six hundred and seventy-five pounds muriate potash; yield, five 

 thousand four hundred and twenty-four quarts. 



Plat 2. Six hundred and seventy-five pounds dissolved rock; yield, five 

 thousand three hundred and twenty-six quarts. 



Plat 3. Two hundred pounds nitrate soda, six hundred and seventy-five 

 pounds muriate potash; yield, four thousand five hundred and eighty 

 quarts. 



Experiment No. 7 (1898). 



Soil stony, but tcith sufficient humus. Season wet. 



Plat 1. Five hundred pounds dissolved rock, three hundred pounds 

 muriate potash; yield, six thousand nine hundred and twenty quarts. 



Plat 2. Five hundred pounds dissolved rock, three hundred pounds sul- 

 fate potash; yield, six thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine quarts. 



Plat 3. Four hundred pounds dissolved rock, four hundred pounds 

 muriate potash; yield, seven thousand four hundred and eighteen quarts. 



