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about 100 pounds per acre of a "potash phosphate" guaran- 

 teed to carry 2 per cent, of potash. This was applied to all 

 the experiment plots in the drill the same as to all the rest 

 of his crop. 



In addition the following were applied : 



Plots 1 and 2 — Stable manure, a large one-horse wagon 

 load to each plot, broadcasted and covered by bedding up the 

 rows. 



Plots 3 and 4 — Each 50 pounds of kainit. 



Plots 5 and 6 — Check. 



Plot 7 — 50 pounds acid phosphate. 



Plot 8 — 50 pounds acid phosphate and 25 pounds nitrate 

 of soda. One end of this plot also received muriate of potash 

 at the rate of 500 pounds per acre. 



Plot 9 — 25 pounds nitrate of soda. 



Plot 10 — 8 pounds nitrate of soda. 



Plot 11— Check. 



All were planted and cultivated alike throughout the sea- 

 son. Inspection on August 8 showed that, while the crop as 

 a whole had made less growth than was expected from the 

 large growth of peas the previous year, still it was almost en- 

 tirely free from rust, and the foliage had a good healthy color. 

 The stable manure and the nitrate of soda plots had decidedly 

 outgrown the others, and the foliage was still greener and 

 ranker. The heavy applications of kainit and of acid phos- 

 phate seemed to have had no effect whatever. There was noth- 

 ing by which they could have been distirguished from the re- 

 mainder of the field. On a second inspection September 5, the 

 conditions were still much the same. The general crop was 

 ripening and the foliage beginning to change color so that the 

 stable manure and nitrate of soda plots stood out even more 

 distinctly than before. The acid phosphate plot seemed 

 quite mature and a larger proportion of bolls were opened 

 than on the others. The phosphate and nitrate row was per- 

 haps a little better than that which had only the 25 pounds of 

 nitrate, but the difference was slight. The 25 pounds of ni- 

 trate gave a much better growth than the 8 pounds, though 

 that plot was conspicuously better than the checks. The 



