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rowed in. Durinii^ the past season the same halves of all the 

 plots have once more been limed, and at practieallj the same 

 rate as before ; but this year, as the land was in gmss, the 

 lime was applied as a top-dressing on the grass in spring. 

 The date of application was May 13. The crops grown in 

 this field, in the order of succession, beginning in 1890, 

 have been : potatoes, corn, soy beans, oats, grass and clover, 

 grass and clover, cabbages and ruta-bag"a turnips, potatoes, 

 onions for four j^ears (1898 to 1901 inclusive), potatoes, 

 grass and clover, and grass and clover. The field was sown 

 to gi'ass and clover after the harvesting of potatoes in the 

 autumn of 1902 (September 15). The rate of seeding per 

 acre was : timothy, 18 pounds ; red-top, 8 pounds ; red 

 clover, 5 pounds ; and alsike clover, 4 pounds. The clover 

 winter-killed, and accordingly additional clover seed (15 

 pounds) was sown on April 4, 1903. 



On account of the deficiency in rainfall from the middle 

 of April to about the 10th of June, 1903, the yields last 

 year on all plots were very small. The yields during the 

 past season have been much larger. They are shown in the 

 following table : — 



Grass and Clover. — North Acre Soil Test, 1904. 



riots. 



10, 



II. 



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 



Nothing, 



Dissolved bone-black and mu- 

 riate of jiotaHli. 



Nitra t (' o r 8( » la , ( 1 issol ved bone- 

 blaek ami iiuiriateof potash. 



Plaster 



Nothing, 



Yield per Acre, 

 Hay. 



TJnlimed 

 (Pounds) 



1,060 



1,960 



1,000 



560 



600 



2,120 



1,920 



SCO 



860 



2,200 



560 



640 



liimed 

 (Pounds) 



800 

 1,600 



680 



560 

 1,920 

 2,,'520 

 1,860 



940 

 3,600 

 4,400 



600 

 1,280 



Gain or Loss per 



Acre, compared 



WITH Nothing Plots. 



Unlimed 

 (Pounds). 



1,067 

 273 



40 

 1,.560 

 1,360 



280 

 1,600 

 — (!0 



Limed 

 (Pounds). 



880 

 40 



1,265 

 1,570 

 1,015 



2,575 

 3,2!t0 

 —595 



