230 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



in before seeding down. The amount of barn-yard manure 

 (plat I.) used is an exceptional one, for the purpose of 

 securing its highest effect. The annual amount of the 

 remaining fertilizers in case of plats II., IV. and V. is 

 within customary farm practice. 



Amount of Seed used per Acre. 



Pounds. 



Barley, in drills, 57 



Barley, broadcast, 70 



Dent corn, " Pride of the North " (rows three feet three inches 



apart), 27 



Yield of Crojjs in Each Plat, ccdcidated for One Acre. 

 [Pounds.] 



Drilled barley when cut contained 44.4 per cent, of solid 

 matter; corn when cut contained 25.4 per cent, of solid 

 matter. 



Conclusion. — The generally fair state of productiveness 

 of the lands at the beginning of the experiment shows itself 

 in the fact that the unfertilized plat (III.) yields but little 

 less than some of the fertilized plats. 



1890. — The system of manuring and the general treat- 

 ment of the soil was the same as in the preceding year. 



