EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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Fertilizing Ingredients of Meadow Fescue. 



from the unfertilized plats, over that from the fertilized 

 phits, finds its exphmation in the fact that, owing to the 

 scanty supply of plant-food in the former, the plants matured 

 at an earlier date. The advantages of fertilization are, 

 therefore, not shown in the percentage of nitrogenous matter, 

 but in an increased total yield of a healthy, vigorous growth. 

 1S87. — The lands were ploughed and harrowed during 

 the second week of May. The original lines of sub-division 

 were retained. Plats 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 remained unfer- 

 tilized, as in previous years. Plats 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and 

 21 were fertilized, as before, with a mixture of 600 pounds 

 of fine-ground bones, and 200 pounds of muriate of potash, 

 per acre. The fertilizer was applied broadcast, and slightly 

 harrowed under before seeding. The different plats were 

 planted May 18, and the seeds, in every case, laid in drills, 

 from two feet to three feet three inches apart, as circum- 

 stances advised, — grasses and clovers, two feet, and corn 

 and peas, three feet three inches, apart. 



