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from the party that furnished our first supply of this article. 

 No other form of phosphoric acid was substituted. 



The following table shows the kind and amount of fertil- 

 izers applied to the plats : — 



T,, . T .1 -1 X ^ ,-, r 127 pounds of ground phosphatic slao;. 



Plat I. (south side), 6,494! ^ ^ . _ " ^ J^ ° 



square feet, 



"^ «j 43 jjounds of nitrate of soda 



■ u 



Plat II , 6,565 square feet. 



.58 pounds of potash-magnesia sulphate. 



r 128 pounds of ground j\Iona guano. 

 ' \ pounds of nitrate of soda 

 pounds of potash-magnesia sulphate. 



• "j ^3J pounds of nitrate of soda 

 159] 



Plat III., 6,636 square feet, . / ^^ l'"""*^^ ^^ '"'^''^^^ °^ ««^^'^- 



\ 5J 



Plat IV., 6,707 square feet, 



Plat v., 6,778 square feet, 



59 pounds of potash-magnesia sulphate. 



^131 pounds of South Carolina phosphate. 

 , -j 44J- pounds of nitrate of soda, 



1 60 pounds of potash-magnesia sulphate. 



r78 pounds of dissolved bone-black. 

 . ■{ 45 i^ounds of nitrate of soda 



1 61 pounds of potash-magnesia suli^hate. 



The wheat — two new French varieties of winter wheat, 

 Hybrid Dattel and Hyln-id Larned, sent on for trial l)y the 

 United States Department of Agriculture — was sown Sept. 

 2G, 1890. The young plants came up well, but were found 

 winter-killed in the succeeding spring. The entire field was 

 reploughed and seeded down with sunnner wheat in rows 

 two feet apart May 11, 1891. The seed proved good and 

 the crop did Avell during the entire season. A marked dif- 

 ference in the general character of the growth upon different 

 plats could be noticed as the season advanced. Plats I. and 

 V. were leading throughout the season, while Plat III. was 

 least promising and matured last. 



Following is a statement showing the height of the crop 

 on the different plats at different periods of the season : — 



June 16 June 23 

 (Inches). (Inches). 



June 30 

 (Inches). 



July 7 

 (Inches). 



July 14 

 (Inches). 



July 21 

 (Inches). 



Aug. 11 

 (Inches). 



PlatT, . 



Plat II., . 

 Plat III., 

 Plat IV., 

 Plat v., . 



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 42 

 34 

 45 



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