1890.] 



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of nitrogen in foi*m of ammonium sulphate, and the remain- 

 ing plats in form either of dried blood or of sodium nitrate. 

 Not less noticeable is the difference in the character of the 

 final crop. Those plats (4, 7 and 9) which received no 

 nitrogen in tlie fertilizer applied, produced not only by far 

 the smallest quantity of ears, but also the smallest number 

 of well-developed ears. The yield in corn stover, on the 

 other hand, is, in two of these cases (7 and 9) at least, 

 equal to the highest on any of the other plats, as may be 

 seen from the following record : — 



Yield of Corn Stover and Ears on Plats {1889), at Forty-eight 

 Per Cent. Moisture. 



Percentage of Well-developed and Undeveloped Ears on Plats 



(1889). 



