1888.] 



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Fertilizing Ingredients of Meadow Fescue. 



[I. Fertilized. Collected in seed, June 28, 18<^G. II. Unfertilized. Collected in 

 seed, June 28, I88G.1 



I. 



ir. 



Moisture at 100° C, . 

 Phosphoric acid, 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Nitrogen, .... 

 Sodium oxide, . 

 Calcium oxide, . 

 Magnesium oxide, . 

 Ferric oxide, 

 Insoluble matter, 

 Valuation per 2,000 jjounds. 



7.40 

 0.230 

 1.815 

 1.04 

 0.080 

 0.540 

 0.140 

 0.027 

 1.403 

 $5 3G 



8.03 

 0.229 

 2.183 

 1.07 

 0.13!) 

 4G6 

 0.136 

 0.025 

 1.9G1 

 $5 87 



The higlier percentage of nitrogenous waiter in the crop 

 from the 2infertilir:ed plats, over that from the fertilized 

 plats, iiucls its explanation in the fact that, owing to the 

 'scanty supply of plant-food in the former, the plants matured 

 at an earlier date. The advantages of fertilization are, 

 therefore, not shown in the percentage of nitrogenous matter, 

 but in an increased total yield of a healthy, vigorous growth. 



1SS7. — The lands were i)l()U2"hed and harrowed during 

 the second week of May. The original lines of sub-division 

 were retained. Plats 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 remained unfer- 

 tilized, as in previous years. Plats 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 and 

 21 were fertilized, as before, with a mixture of GOO pounds 

 of fine-ground bones, and 200 pounds of muriate of potash, 

 per acre. The fertilizer was applied broadcast, and slightly 

 harrowed under before seeding. The different plats were 

 phmted May 18, and the seeds, in every case, laid in drills, 

 from two feet to three feet three inches apart, as circum- 

 stances advised, — grasses and clovers, two feet, and corn 

 and peas, three feet three inches, apart. 



