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here beyond relative proportions. It must suffice for the 

 present to call attention to the fact that a liberal manuring 

 within reasonable limits pays, as a rule, better than a scanty 

 one, especially in the case of those crops which reach in a 

 short period the desired state of maturity. The various 

 mixtures of fertilizers used by me in the experiments under 

 discussion provide by actual supply for one-half of the avail- 

 able nitrogen actually called for to meet the demand as above 

 pointed out. A liberal cultivation of peas and beans caunot 

 fail to benefit the nitrogen resources of the soil. The order 

 o/ arrangement of the different crops within each plat was 

 the same in all of them for the same year. They occupied, 

 however, a different position relative to each other in suc- 

 cessive years, to introduce, as far as practicable, a system 

 of rotation of crops. 



Order of arrangement of crops in plats : — 



Celery. 



Lettuce. 

 Spinach. 



Beets. 



Cabbages. 

 Tomatoes. 



Potatoes. 



Spinach. 



Celery. 

 Lettuce. 

 Red Cabbage. 

 Beets. 



Potatoes. 



Beets. 



White Cabbage. 



Tomatoes. 



Potatoes. 



Beans. 



Tomatoes. 

 Spinach. 

 Lettuce. 

 Onions. 



Onions. 



Corn. 



Beans. 



Tomatoes. 



