212 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The coarsest part of the barn-yard manure was subsequently 

 removed from l)oth ])Iats before the growing grass interfered 

 \vith its being raked off. 



Plat III., al)out 2.41 acres, received, May 3, 1889, a top- 

 dressing of six hundred pounds of tine-ground steamed bone 

 and two hundred pounds of muriate of potash per acre. 



Plat IV. (south of roadway), an area of 2.11 acres, 

 received the same dressing, in the same })ro})ortion and at 

 the same rate (six hundred pounds ground l)one and two 

 hundred pounds muriate of potash) per acre as Plat II L 

 (1889). 



Plat Y., equal to .91 acres, received, as top-dressing, 

 April 23, 18(S9, one ton of unleached Canada wood ashes, 

 from our local market (1889). 



Yield of Hay in Case of Plats I., II. and III. (Second Year after 

 Seeding), and of Plats IV. and V. {First Year after Seeding). 



1.92 acres, 



9,130 pounds, June 24. 



4,650 pounds, August 26. 



Total yield per aci-e, 7,177 pounds, or 3.59 tons. 



Total y\e\(\ per acre, 7,116 jjounds, or 3.56 tons. 



