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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Fertilizers used. 



Fruit 

 (Percent.). 



(PerCent.). 



Nitrate of soda, 

 Sulfate of ammonia, 

 Dried blood, . 



100.00 

 58.96 



57.80 



100.00 

 74.53 

 50.81 



The vines in this experiment were somewhat affected by 

 fungi, which doubtless influenced both yield of fruit and 

 growth. The nitrate appears to have exerted a very favor- 

 able influence, but the reasons, in view of the character of 

 the season and the lateness of the crop of cucumbers, are 

 not evident. Both the amount of fruit, however, and the 

 Aveight of the vines produced where the nitrate was used 

 were materially greater than where no fertilizers were em- 

 ployed. 



Gelerij. — Tliis crop followed the fruiting strawberries, 

 and the manure applied this year to these plots was turned 

 in with the strawberry vines. The fertilizers called for on 

 the several plots had been applied in the spring as a top- 

 dressing to the strawberries. The relative standing of the 

 dift'erent nitrogen fertilizers, as indicated by the total weight 

 of the crop when dug in the fall and the roots freed from 

 earth, is as follows : — 



Per Cent. 

 Nitrate of soda, 100.00 



Dried blood, 71.76 



Sulfate of ammonia, ...... 48.94 



Turnijjs. — This crop Avas sown on July 30, following 

 garden peas. The variety Avas the White Egg. The rela- 

 tive standing of the nitrogen fertilizers, as indicated by the 

 Aveights of roots of the different qualities and leaves, is as 

 folloAvs : — 



Fertilizers used. 



Dried blood 



Nitrate of soda, . . . , 

 Sulfate of ammonia, . 



Merchantable 

 (Percent.). 



Culls 

 (Percent.). 



Leaves 

 (Per Cent.). 



100.00 

 91. '20 



68.80 



30.61 

 ()0.2() 

 100.00 



83.33 

 100.00 



87.21 



