132 ACtRICLJLTUKAL P:XPERIMENT station. [Jan. 



Fertilizing Ingredients of (1) Alfalfa^ (2) Ahyke Clover. 



[I. Alfalfa. Fertilized. 11. Alfalfa. Unfertilized. III. Alsykc Clover. Fertilized. 

 IV. Als3"ke Clover. Unfcriilized. 



The hijjhcr per cent, of nitrogenous matter in the crop 

 from the uDfortilized plats, over that from iha fert ilized plats, 

 finds 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 arc, therefore, 

 not shown in the percentage of nitrogenous matter, but in 

 an increase of total yield of a healthy, vigorous growth. 



