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WESTFIELD. 



sou. TKST WITH FERTILIZERS FOR CORN. 



By Charles F. Fowler. 



Average of the nothing plots : hard corn, 3.8 bushels*; soft corn, 

 1.2 bushels, and stover, 650 pounds. 



This experiment was on the same acre as in 1SS9. I wrote of it 

 then : It is the '' so-called plain land" of the Connecticut valley. It 

 is an old alluvial soil consisting of fine sand. It is of great depth, 

 and lies at such an elevation that it usually appears dry, though it 

 does not have, the I'eputation 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 <S and ].'> were 

 much better than the others." This year nothing plot 12 also pro- 

 duces a yield considerably above 1 or 4 ; while 15 falls a little below 

 8 and 12. 



Yellow flint coin was planted, in hills 4 feet apart in rows at the 

 usual distance (3^ ft.). Three stalks were left to the hill. The crop 

 was planted May 14th— 16th, and husked Oct. 22d. 



