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ficaiice. It is very likely accidental aud due to auother cause. So 

 also of the small apparent decrease where lime is used. 

 HADLEY. 



SOIL TEST WITH FERTILIZERS FOR CORN, 



By L. W. West. 



*Hard and soft corn were weighed together in this test. Average of nothing plots, 

 shelled corn 13.4 bushels; stover, 1560. 



In explanation of the very low yield in this experiment it is pertinent 

 to state that the planting was done very late. The acre for this 

 experiment lies in the large tract of plain land which is found north 

 of the Holyoke range and is about two miles from the mountains. 

 The soil is a heavy loam with clay subsoil. It had been in grass for 

 eight years without manuie. Except for the traces of the influence 

 of a former pile of manure near one end, the soil proved tolerably 

 even in quality. In July the appearance of the crop indicated that 

 potash was proving much the mo^t useful ingredient of the fertilizers. 

 Then No. 10 was judged to be a little better than No. 13 ; No. 9 about 

 as good as No. 10 ; and Nos. 7 and 5 very little inferior to 9 and 10. 

 The other plots were considerably below those mentioned, but those 

 which had received i)hosphoric acid seemed to promise a little better 



