It is of great depths, and lies at sucli an elevation that it usually 

 appears drv, though it does not have the reputation of drying badly 

 in time of drought. The portion selected had lain fallow four years. 

 It was very poor, but not apparently even in quality, nothing plots 8 

 and 15 were much better than the others. It should be stated that 

 some ears of corn were stolen from this field. The percentage of loss 

 was determined as closely as possible and corrections made accord- 

 ingly on plots 6, 9, 10 and 13. 



At the time the crop was visited in July the following notes were 

 made : 



No. 13 much better than any other. 

 No. 10 much better than any other except 13. 

 Nos. 6 and 9, though much inferior to No. 10, considerably 

 better than the others, between which the differences are not very 

 marked. 



The observations in August though taken by another party rated 

 the plots in precisely the same order. 



RESULTS OF MEASUREMENTS. 



No. 



of 



Plot. 



FERTILIZERS USED. 



Average of measurements. 



1 Nothing, 



2 Nitrate of 8oda, 



Dissolved Bone-black, 



Nothing, 



Muriate of Potash, 



Nitrate and Bone-black, 



Nitrate and Potash, 



Nothing, 



Bone-black and Potash, . . 



Nitrate, Bone-black and Potash, , 



Land Plaster, 



Nothing, 



13 jBarn-yard Manure,. 



14 iLime, ' 



15 Nothing-, 



July 



23.7 



28.3 



29.4 



23.2 



28.3 



36.5 



35.7 



27.3 



37.8 



43. 



30.4 



24.1 



57.5 



29.3 



25.3 



Aug. 9. 



33. 

 44.9 

 46.3 

 34.5 

 43.2 

 59.8 

 44.5 

 •38.5 

 54,8 

 60.5 

 51.8 

 40.5 

 74.2 

 43.4 

 39.4 



These figures show a due agreement with the judgment of the rela- 

 tive standing of the plots recorded above. They seem to indicate 

 especial benefit from the use of nitrogen and phosphoric acid and 

 that the nitric acid is tenaciously held by this soil. 



The barn-yard manure used in this experiment was not sampled; 

 and we, therefore, have no analysis. 



