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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



C. E. MILLS KXPlilUMENT — ANTRIM COUNTY. 



9 



10 



11 

 12 

 13 



Fertilizers itiii>li('il per acre. 



Nitrate of soda 



Dissdixed iiliospliate rock. 



Muriate of potash 



No fertilizer 



Nitrate of soda 



Dissolved )thosi)hate rock. 



Nitrate of soda 



.Muriate of jiotasli 



Dissolved pliospliate rock. 



Muriate of jiotjish 



No fertilizer 



Nitrate of soda 



Dissolved plios)thate rock. 



Muriate of i)otiish 



Coiuniercial fertilizer 



Stable manure ('M loads). . . 

 No fertilizer 



I'ounds. 



120 



■J4(l 

 120 



120 I 

 240 I 

 120 I 

 120 ( 

 •J4(i I 

 120 ) 



120 

 240 

 120 

 480 



Beans. 

 Lbs. 



2,920 

 2,110 

 2,180 

 2,400 



2,830 



1,(>00 



2,340 

 2,680 



2,.330 



l,i»80 

 4,840 

 2, 590 



Yields per acre. 



Heets. i Corn. 

 L.bs. I.ibB. 



21,93f) 

 20,305 

 12,975 

 20,415 



22,935 

 21.405 



18,605 

 18,445 



26,535 



23,. 305 

 25,125 

 14,226 



3,006 

 2,775 

 3,465 

 2,585 



3,745 



3,705 



3,206 

 3,776 



3,480 



3,520 

 4,605 

 3,275 



Potatoes. 

 Lbs. 



fi,406 

 5,695 

 6,866 

 7,376 



8,215 



6,636 



10,115 

 10,835 



8,545 



9,405 

 11,445 

 13,346 



We were soinewliat unfoiiiinate in the seleelioii of land for lliis experiment, and 

 were obliged to use a rolling piece of ground whieli gave some very undesirable in- 

 equalities. In this experiment, as in many of the others, it is a noticeable fact that the 

 dry weather prevented our getting the best from the application of fertilizers. Looking 

 at the results of the experiment with beans we observe that the dilTerences in yields 

 are very slight and irregular. The bean crop was harvested before the late rains of 

 the season, and in all probability the dificrences in yield are due more to the 

 inequalities in the land, the slopes, knolls and sags, than to the application of fertiliz- 

 ers. The yields of corn show a more marked difference in yield as we come to the 

 plots on which complete fertilizers were applied, indicating that the later growth of 

 corn may have enjoyed the effect of fertilizers made soluble by the rainwater. This 

 is also true of the beets and potatoes. 



