443 
Pounds of | Pounds of 
‘ straw per | grain per 
4 acre. $ acre. 
Hae One and ashes COMPOSG aceaee ce aan.» =. -omiae eae as 3454 2284 
2) Dissolved South Carolina rock }.-..-.-..-...-----2-4---- 3984 2574 
avikainit or German potash saliss..-.2 2-2... 5225 eos ft. 337 223 
Aebrotessor Valles whedu-O0Odl pees 2- = 622. ose sumed lene 421 251 
Pee NOL DUDS sane tes ore) eee tee amals seiciso0 355s caehemeeiio meer 320 190 
6: Ground: bone) on) surtace =4.--- 2 -+ -- .--- -- seetaee ace aee 3032 eee 
7. Ground bone, one-half on the surface and one-half drilled 
Tew nel WHat eee «14-54 > - = scan oe eee 400 238 
8. Ground bone, all drilled in with the wheat .......-...-. 448 252 
* The bone and ashes compost was made of one ton of ground raw bone, 340 pounds of sulphuric acid, 
and 50 bushels of unleached tan-ashes. 
¢ +The South Carolina rock was treated with 700 pounds of sulphuric acid to one ton of rock, and cost 
30 per ton. 
tVille’s ‘‘ wheat-food ’’ was made as follows for one-eighth of an acre: 20 pounds pure bone phosphate, 
10 pounds saltpeter, 124 pounds of sulphate of ammonia, 15 pounds of calcined plaster. 
The dissolved South Carolina rock spoken of above also did better/on grass this sea- 
son than any other of twenty fertilizers used. 
Experiments in manner of seeding wheat.—These experiments were made on plots con- 
taining one-sixteenth of an acre, all treated alike and put in September 18, except 
plot No.1. The drilling was done with Brickford and Huffman’s drill. 
Pounds of 
es ee grain per 
5 qs acre. 
1. Drilled 24 inches deep, September 28 -...---...----....- 1062 624 
2. Broadcast and harrowed in September 18 .....---...---- 150 904 
3. Drilled in 24 inches deep, September 18 ..----.--..-----. 1364 S84 
4, Drilled 4 inch deep, covered with roller, September 18 -.- 127% Tit 
5. Drilled 4 inches deep, September 18 .-:--.-.-----.------- 118 71 
6. Drilled 1 bushel per acre, September 18 -...-...----.---- 124 754 
7. Drilled 2 bushels per acre, September 18 -......--...----- 1314 874 
From the experiments of the past two seasons I would suggest to farmers to try 
the Fultz wheat, just enough to show its suitability to their soil and circumstances. 
With us it has proved a hardy, stiff-strawed, early, and productive wheat; grain small 
but reasonably plump. The Rogers is also a fine wheat, not so productive or early as 
the Fultz, but a better quality of wheat, and would probably do finely on strong ground, 
or with high manuring. 
. The action of different fertilizers is too uncertain to warrant the recommendation of 
any particular one, though the general result of their use with us has been favorable. 
From our experience with fertilizers on various crops this season we have decided to 
use principally the following preparation, giving the quantity for one acre: 
225 pounds dissolved South Carolina rock, at 14 cents per pound.....-...----. $3. 374 
44 pounds sulphate of ammonia, at 63 cents per pound...-.....-...--------- 2.97 
88 pounds muriate of potash, at 3 cents per pound...--....--..-..-.---.------ 2. 64 
COS fic GI BGC era ee es x pe ow 5c NCR ae mio wo ora wticis crm =ta OE 
These should furnish the three most valuable ingredients in all fertilizers, the phos- 
phate, ammonia, and potash. This we propose to apply in addition to alight coat of yard- 
manure, plowing both down as soon as possible, and drilling in the wheat about the 
middle of September. 
GARDENING IN SAN -Dominco.—Dr. R. F. Dennis, writing from 
Puerto Plata, San Domingo, under date of the 18th of August, furnishes 
the following interesting account of his experiments in the cultivation 
of a variety of garden-seeds which were forwarded to him during the 
last year from this Department : 
