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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan . 



thinning and resetting to a uniform distance of 1 foot in the 

 rows, except on plots 1 and 4, where a large number of the 

 plants died soon after coming up. In harvesting, the heads 

 of market size were cut from day to day. The total crop in 

 pounds on the several plots was : Plot 0, 179| ; Plot 1, 40 ; 

 Plot 2, 194J ; Plot 3, 220|; Plot 4, 135 ; Plot 5, 219 ; and 

 Plot 6, 231J. 



The average yields, in pounds, produced by the different 

 fertilizers were : — 



Manure alone (Plot 0, corrected for area) , 

 Manure and muriate of potash (plots 1, 2 and 3), 

 Manure and sulphate of potash (plots 4, 5 and 6), 

 Manure and sulphate of ammonia (plots 1 and 4), 

 Manure and nitrate of soda (plots 2 and 5) , . 

 Manure and dried blood (plots 3 and 6), 



230.5 

 151.7 

 195.1 

 87.5 

 206.6 

 226.0 



The manure alone gave, as will be seen, a larger yield 

 than any of the plots to which fertilizers as well as manure 

 were applied. The only point clearly indicated is the ap- 

 parent highly injurious effect of the sulphate of ammonia, 

 particularly where used with the muriate of potash. 



Dewing 's Blood Turnip Beet. — Six rows of this crop, 

 planted May 7, were grown in each plot. In plots 1 and 

 4 most of the plants soon became weak and sickly and 

 many died, and there were not enough to restock to the 

 uniform distance of 4 inches in the row, to which all the 

 other plots were brought by thinning and resetting where 

 needed. The few plants in plots 1 and 4 which survived 

 until about July 1 then appeared to recover their vigor, and 

 grew very rapidly. The yields of roots and tops were as 

 shown below : — 



