154 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The results of our first season of observation reo:ardin2r 

 the influence of nitrogen-containing manurial substances on 

 the character and on the quantity of the fodder corn raised 

 under otherwise corresponding circumstances, although not 

 without some interest, are not decisive enough to advise a 

 detailed explanation of causes. The larger part of the late 

 summer season with us was cold and wet, and for this reason 

 of an exceptionally unfavorable character for the raising of 

 fodder corn. How much this circumstance has affected our 

 results, is difficult to decide. Not less difficult is it to 

 decide, at this stage of observation, how much the special 

 conditions of various plats may yet control the results. 

 The experiment will be continued until a reliable basis for a 

 final conclusion has been secured. 



