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FREETOWN. 



SOIL TEST WITH FERTILIZERS ON CORN. 



By S. p. Richmond. 



Quantities per plot same as in Yarmouth. 



The average of all the nothing plots is : — hard corn, 16.2 bushels ; 

 soft corn, 6.7 bushels; stover, 1328 pounds. 



The field for this experiment was level ; the soil a gravelly loam. It 

 had been in grass for five years without manure, and the crops had 

 been light. It was poor, as is shown by the average yield of the un- 

 manured plots ; and what is more important it was apparently of 

 nearly even fertility throughout the field though plot No, 1 showed 

 traces of the influence of a former manure heap. In July the follow- 

 ing notes were made : — 



Plot No. 13, decidedly best ; color particularly good. 

 No. 10, ranks next, but clearly inferior. 

 No. 2, shows a distinct superiority over No. 1. 

 Nos. 11 and 14, appear a trifle better than Nos. 12 and 15. 

 It is worthy of note that the crop lay nearly flat at the time when 

 these notes were made, having been blown down by a storm. In 

 August the relative rating of the plots was substantially the same. 



