596 



(9) Fertilizers below vs. above the seed. — Tabulated data are given 

 for an experiment in 1889 on 2 tenth-acre plats. Tbe results agree 

 with tbose of a similar experiment in 18SS in showing no marked differ- 

 ence in favor of either method of application. 



(10) ilfwcfc vs. manure. — The results of equal applications of mack 

 and stable manure on two plats favored the former. 



Fertilizer experiment with corn (pp. 25G-2G0). — This is a continuation 

 of an experiment begun in 1888 (See Annual lleport of the station for 

 1888, p. 356, or Experiment Station Bulletin No. 2, p. 165). The ferti- 

 lizers used in 1889 were nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, sulphate 

 of potash, dissolved bone-black, plaster, guano, chloride of potash, dis- 

 solved and ground South Carolina rock, nitrate of potash, '• High Grade 

 Farmers' Friend," barnyard manure, and muck. Several plats received 

 no manure. Rye was sown tbe previous fall and in the spring and 

 plowed in. The variety of corn planted was Waushakum. Details are 

 given in two tables. 



Field notes this year, as last, testify to the stockiness and general thrift of plants 

 where nitrogen as nitrate or sulphate has been applied. The amounts applied in 

 most cases produced an increase in the ratio of stalks to corn, but had an e(]ual if 

 not greater effect on the yield of sound corn. 



Neither potash nor phosjihoric acid has exerted a marked influence on the crop. 



The application of plaster has not been followed by any increase of crop above the 

 general average. 



The plat to which muck was applied has this year fallen far below the general 

 average. 



Nitrogen alone, with either potash or phosphoric acid, or with both potash and 

 phosphoric acid has increased the crop. 



Corn has been selected from each plat for seed on the plat where it grew, in order 

 that the full cumulative effect of the fertilizer may be felt. 



Corn in hills and drills and broadcast (pp. 260-263). — On 18 twentieth- 

 acre plats King Philip corn was i^lanted in hills and drills and broad- 

 cast, in different degrees of thickness. The results, as tabulated, show 

 that— 



The hills yield most, the drills next, and the broadcast least in case of almost every 

 plat, notably so in the summary. Not only is this the case, but we find the individ- 

 ual weight of stalks most in hills, medium in drills, and least when grown broadcast. 

 The stand of corn as harvested, owing to the unfavorable circumstances of the season, 

 bears no commensurate relation to the amount of seed sown. 



Sorghum in hills and drills (pp. 263-266.)— " May 18, 1889,9 twen. 

 tieth-acre plats were planted with Early Amber sorghum seed, every 

 alternate row being in drills and the others in hills 3 feet apart in the 

 row. The rows were 3^ feet apart." The results, as tabulated, strongly 

 favored planting in drills. "The yield in every case increased with 

 the number of plants for a given area, but not in direct proportion, as 

 it will be noticed the average weight of individual plants decreased to 

 a considerable extent." 



Test of varieties of fodder corn (pp. 266-273). — Tabulated data are 

 given for 6 varieties of flint, 1 of dent, and 3 of sweet-corn. 



