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to be expected, as there was no green crop to turn under the first year. 

 No nitrogen was applied in commercial form as the plan is to try to 

 secure the nitrogen wholly through the growing of legume crops, and 



Plate 8.— Corn Crop on Plat 5, Field D, Buncombe Test Farm, 1910. Fertilized with Rock 

 Phosphate and Stable Manure. Yield 57.4 Bushels. 



then apply the phosphate just before a green crop is turned under. 

 The results from this field will become much more valuable as the 

 years go by. 



Nevertheless, the fact that rock phosphate when mixed with ma- 

 nure gave as large yields as did the acid phosphate and manure 

 when applied in amounts of equal valuation, is of great importance. 

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