11 



Plot. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 



Manurial Experiments. 

 8 plots, each J acre. 



Description. 



No Manure 



Complete Manure 



No Nitrogen 



Double Nitrogen 



No Phosphate 



Double Phosphate 



No Potash 



Double Complete Manure 



••• 

 ••I 



Cwt. per Acre. 



Sulphate of 

 Potash. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1 



Manures applied end of August, 1901. 



At first, marked effects were observable on the young plants, but as 

 tbe season progressed tbey all fruited alike and Mr. Hay reports that 

 it was quite impossible to find any effects whatsoever upon the fruit 

 from any of the manures, all the plots being alike. The experiment 

 is being repe ited on the ratoons for the present season. These results, 

 so far, are in complete agreement with the deductions from the analyti- 

 cal data. 



£.— Laurence field — Hon. J. AUwood, per Mr. Arnold Clodd. 



A piece of banana land was selected on this property for a manurial 

 experiment and analysis. The analysis revealed a very high standard 

 of fertility and it was not surprising that the fertilisers failed to pro- 

 duce results. 



Eight plots of I acre each were treated as at Ro-iens, except that 

 mixed phosphate, consisting of 3 parts of superphosphate incorporated 

 with 2 parts of steamed Bone Flour, was employed as a source of 

 phosphoric acid. 



A second series of experiments on a piece of land in an apparently 

 poorer state is being carried out on the present seasons crop. 

 Appended is the analysis of the soil. 



Eeference Number- 



SOIL ANALYSIS. 



-54. Source Details— Laurencefield, St. Catherine. 

 Depth of Sample — 9 inches. 



