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VALUE OF SWAMP LANDS. 



over but simply breaking it up. Plots of equal size in each 

 portion were laid out, one being planted as it stood to test 

 the natural capacity of the soil. On another plot kainit at 

 the rate of one ton per acre was used, on another the same 

 amount of kainit and lime at the rate of five tons per acre, 

 and another an equal amount of lime alone. The kainit 

 contained no plant food but potash. The object in using 

 the lime both alone and with the kainit was to test the oft- 

 repeated claim that lime will set such soils right. 



The following table shows the results: 



No one could ask for stronger evidence than this. It is 

 exactly what we had a right to expect from the analysis of 



