280 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



e 

 'A 



c 



Fertilizers applied. 



Pounds 



l>er 



acre. 



9 Nitrate of .s<ida , 



10 Dissolved phosi)hate rock 



11 Muriate of ))otash 



I Nitrate of soda 



) Dissolved pliosjihate rock 



12 



13 



14 

 15 



16 

 17 

 18 

 19 



! ( Nitrate of soda 



i I .Muriate of i)otash 



( Dissolved iihosphate rock 



I '( Muriate of potash 



Nothing 



200 



400 

 •JOO 

 L'OO ( 

 400 1 



L'OO ( 

 ■JOO t 

 400 ( 

 L'OO I 



OnionB — one row. 



Unlinied. 



Lbs. I Ozs. 



2 I 4. 

 2 10. 

 1 I 14. 



1. 



Lime 



Lime 



Lime 



Hardwood ashes. 



2,000 

 4,000 

 0,000 

 2.000 



10. 



16. 

 9.5 



... 3. 



. .. 1.3. 



1 -J) 



■> 1.!. 



Limed, 



1 ton per 



acre. 



Lbs. 



OZB. 



11. 

 1. 

 9.5 



6.5 



7. 

 6.5 



Peas— one row. 



Limed, 

 Unlimed. 1 ton per 

 Llis. f acre. 

 Lbs. 



.75 



.5 



2. 



.25 

 1. 

 1.25 



2.5 



1.5 1.5 



1. 1. 



.75 I 



.75 



1 



1.5 



3. 



SUGAR BEETS HARVESTED OCTOBER 20. 



c 

 o 



5 



9 

 10 

 11 



12 



13 



14 

 15 



16 

 17 

 18 

 19 



Fertilizers applied. 



Nitrate of soda 



Dissolved i>hosphate rock. 



Muriate of j>otash 



; Nitrate of soda 



Dissolved phosphate rock. 



; Nitrate of soda 



JSluriate of potash 



\ Dissolved phosphate rock. 



Muriate of potash 



Nothing 



Pounds 

 per 

 acre. 



200 

 400 

 200 

 200 ( 

 400 j 



200 1 

 200 J 

 400 I 

 200) 



Lime 



Lime 



Lime 



Hardwood ashes. 



2,000 

 4,000 

 (i,000 

 2,000 



Unlimed. 



Yield. 



per olot 



11 f t.x54 ft. 



Lbs. 



Yield 



per acre. 



Lbs. 



Limed. 

 1 ton per acre. 



Yield 



per plot 



11 f t.x54 ft. 



Lbs. 



198 

 95 



227 



132 



235 



211 

 154 



145 

 217 

 215 

 340 



14,520 



6,9(K; 



1«,(!46 



9,080 



17,233 



15,473 

 11,203 



10,U33 

 15,013 

 15,766 

 24,933 



120 



08 

 157 



135 



218 

 220 



Yield 



per acre. 



Lbs. 



8,800 



4,986 



11,513 



9,900 



15,986 

 16,133 



SUMMARY OF MUCK EXPERIMENTS. 



1. In general, the result of the muck experiments indicate a uniformity in the 

 requirements of the various crops and that stable manure meets those requirements 

 in fuller measure than anything else. It appears that the legumes tried, garden peas 

 and soja beans, are the only exceptions to this rule. 



2. For the effect of these manures on yield and quality of sugar beets the reader 

 is referred to pages 103-106 of bulletin 179. 



3. Air-slaked lime, which in the past has been highly recommended as a treatment 

 for muck land, acted on this even slightly acid muck, in opposition to our expectations, 

 for on plot 4, where it was applied at the rate of two tons per acre, the yield is gener- 

 ally less than on 3. where nothing was applied. Plots 15 to 18 indicate an increased 

 yield, as the quantity applied is enlarged. 



4. Sand has given contradictory results, though frequently its yield is higher than 

 the adjacent "nothing" plot. These results are in no measure the entire benefit to be 



