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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Onions. — North Acre Soil Test, 1901, 



o 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



Fertilizers used. 



Nothing, 



Nitrate of soda, . 



Dissolved bone-black, 



Nothing, 



Muriate of potash, 



Nitrate of soda and dissolved 



bone-black. 

 Nitrate of soda and muriate of 



potash. 

 Nothing 



Dissolved bone-black and muri- 

 ate of potash. 



Nitrate of soda, dissolved bone- 

 black and muriate of potash. 



Plaster 



Nothing, 



Yields per Acre 



op Bulbs and Tops 



(Pounds). 



Unlimed. 



1,680 



2,400 



1,880 



1,400 



3,000 



8,800 



2,400 



800 



10,000 



18,600 



1,400 



1,400 



Limed. 



3,200 

 4,200 

 2,600 

 2,200 



11,200 

 8,000 



13,800 

 2,480 



13,200 



22,600 

 2,960 

 2,720 



Gain or Loss per 



Acre, compared with 



Nothing Plots 



(Pounds). 



Unlimed. 



+813.33 

 +386.67 



+1,750 

 +7,700 

 +1,450 



+9,050 



+17,500 



+150 



Limed. 



+1,333.33 

 +66.67 



+8,930 



+5,660 



+11,390 



+10,660 



+20,000 



+300 



