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twelve to fourteen inches apart, May 17, 1886. Plats 13, 

 17, 19 and 21 were fertilized with ground bone and potash, 

 as in preceding years ; while Plats 14, 18 and 20 received 

 no manurial matter of any description. The growth of the 

 corn on fertilized and unfertilized plats presented throughout 

 the season a similar appearance, as has been noticed and 

 described on previous occasions, with the exception of the 

 fertilized Plat 13 and the unfertilized Plat 14, which yielded 

 a larger return than any other of the plats under a corre- 

 sponding treatment. These two plats had been changed 

 from the cultivation of corn, in 1883, to that of millet, in 

 1884 and 1885. 



For further details regarding yield, etc., we have to refer 

 to pages 71 and 72 of our fourth annual rtiport. 



The entire field was ploughed during fall, to prepare it for 

 experiments with other crops in the succeeding year. The 

 samples of the various grasses on trial had been collected at 

 successive stages of gro^vth, to ascertain their composition. 

 The results of these analyses are contained in the following 

 tabular statement. 



OKCHARD GRASS (Hay). 



