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Last year this soil responded most freel}- to potash. This year it 

 is evidently more generally exhausted and gives less decisive results. 

 There is not sufficient apparent increase to pay for either of the 

 ingredients of the fertilizers used, nor for the manure ; the loss is 

 least on phosphoric acid. It appears to cause the largest increase, 

 and accordingly the indication is that it should be a prominent ingre- 

 dient of a fertilizer for this soil. 



NEW LENOX. 



SOIL TEST "WITH FERTILIZERS FOR CORN. 



By D. B. Dewey. 



*Cords. 



Average of the nothing plots : hard corn, 23.5 bushels ; soft corn, 

 3.7 bushels; stover, 1990 pounds. 



The acre used in this experiment lies in a large plain of alluvial 

 origin. The soil is a fine, compact loam, inclined to be clayey and 

 cold. It had been a number of years in grass without manure. 



The seed, a yellow flint variety, was planted in hills, 3 feet apart, 

 on May 30th. It was thinned to four stalks. The crop was stooked 



