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Experiment No. 8 (1898). 

 Soil good tchcat land. Season wet. 



Plat 1. Eight hundred pounds muriate potash, five hundred and seventy- 

 five pounds nitrate soda; yield, four thousand four hundred and three 

 quarts. 



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

 twenty-three quarts. 



Plat 3. Check; yield, two thousand nine hundred and twenty-six quarts. 



Plat 4. Eight hundred pounds dissolved rock, five hundr,ed and seventy- 

 five pounds nitrate soda; yield, three thousand five hundred and sixty- 

 eight quarts. 



Plat 5. Four hundred pounds dissolved rock, five hundred and seventy- 

 five pounds nitrate soda; yield, three thousand two hundred and eighty- 

 two quarts. 



Experiment No. 9 (1899-1900). 

 One acre. Soil very poor and stony. Season very dry. 



Plat 1. Manure, two thousand pounds ashes; yield, six hundred and 

 fifty quarts. 



Plat 2. Five thousand pounds ashes; yield, five hundred and forty quarts. 



Plat 3. Check; yield, two hundred and eighty quarts. 



Plat 4. One thousand pounds sulphate potash; yield, three hundred and 

 fifty quarts. 



Plat 7. One thousand pounds dissolved rock, manure; yield, nine hundred 

 and ninety quarts. 



Plat 8. Check; yield, one hundred and twenty quarts. 



Plat 9. Two thousand pounds dissolved rock; yield, eight hundred and 

 seventy quarts. 



Plat 10. Two thousand pounds gypsum; yield, four hundred and thirty 

 quarts. 



Experiment No. 10 (1899-1900). 

 One acre. Soil very stony, but strong corn land. Season very dry. 



Plat 1. Five thousand pounds ashes; yield, five thousand four hundred 

 and seventy quarts. 



Plat 2. Fifteen tons manure, two thousand pounds ashes; yield, five 

 thousand three hundred and fifty quarts. 



Plat 3. Check (no fertilizer) ; yield, two thousand six hundred and sixty 

 quarts. 



Plat 4. One thousand pounds sulfate potash; yield, two thousand nine 

 hundred and seventy quarts. 



Plat 5. One thousand pounds gypsum; yield, two thousand five hundred 

 and ninety quarts. 



Plat 6. One thousand pounds dissolved rock, one thousand pounds 

 muriate potash; yield, three thousand nine hundred and seventy quarts. 



Plat 7. Manure, one thousand pounds dissolved rock; yield, three thous- 

 and six hundred and fifty quarts. 



Plat 8. Check; yield, two thousand six hundred and thirty quarts. 



Plat 9. Two thousand pounds dissolved rock; yield, three thousand and 

 fifty quarts. 



Plat 10. One thousand pounds muriate potash; yield, two thousand five 

 hundred and fifty quarts. 



