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Field Experiments with Lime at Deer 



Park. 



A piece of ordinary upland soil measureing 6x7 rods was 

 selected for the experiment. It was divided into four plats 

 each 6 rods long and If rods wide. On March 2, freshly 

 slacked lime was applied to these plots as follows : — 



Plot 1.^3 bbls. or about 45 bbls. per acre. 



Plot 2.-2 bbls. or about 30 bbls. per acre. 



Plot 3. — 1 bbl. or about 15 bbls. per acre. 



Plot 4. — No lime. 



On March 3 a very heavy rain fell so that it was neces- 

 sary to replow the land before planting. On March 20 fur- 

 rows were opened crossing these four plots, and fertilizer 

 consisting of equal parts cottonseed meal, acid phosphate and 

 kainit was dropped in the furrow at the rate of 8 lbs. per row 

 (about 800 lbs. per acre), and bedded on. On April 1 the tops 

 of the beds were leveled down nnd planting was begun. The 

 following is a list of the crops planted and the results noted 

 with each. 



Row 1.— Abundance pea. Seeds did not come as quickly 

 on the limed as on the unlimed land. The plants on plots 3 

 and 4 had dark green foliage and made a good half crop. On 

 plot 2 the foliage was lighter, and it made about one third of 

 a crop. On plot 1 the plants were scattering and very pale 

 and sickly ; crop a failure. In this case the lime did no good. 

 Small applications did no harm, but the heavier ones were 

 very harmful. 



Row 2. — White dent corn from Northern Alabama planted 

 in hills two and one half feet apart, and thinned to two 

 plants in the hill. Plot 1 fine, foHage dark green, ears well 

 filled out and of fair size, a good crop. Plot 2, a little lighter 



