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liziT, though thoroughly rolled. Noting tlic plot on which nitrate of soda and phosphate 

 rock were applied the yield is less than on the plot receiving nitrate of soda alone, 

 indicating an injurious cfTect from the application of the phosphoric acid. 



I'articular interest is centered on the results from api)lying sand, wliich seems to 

 su|>ply even better than carefully compounded fertilizers some of the demands of this 

 soil. The yield of beets and the percentage of sugar is very satisfactory under this 

 application. For the excellent yields on the nothing plot where land was thoroughly 



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rolled, we can give no other reason than that this soil held the moisture better during 

 the drouth than did the other plots. 



On the effect of application of air slaked lime the results are very unsatisfactory 

 and somewhat contradictory. Where the lime was applied in 1898 at the rate of two 

 tons per acre, its effect on this crop, as well as others grown on the same plot, seems 



