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here beyond relative proportions. It must suffice for the 

 present to call attention to the fact that a liberal manuring 

 within reasonable limits pays, as a rule, better than a scanty 

 one, especially in the case of those crops which reach in a 

 short period the desired state of maturity. The various 

 mixtures of fertilizers used by me in the experiments under 

 discussion provide by actual supply for one-half of the avail- 

 able nitrooeii actually called for to meet the demand as above 

 pointed out. A liberal cultivation of peas and beans cannot 

 fail to benetit the nitrogen resources of the soil. The order 

 of arrangement of the different crops within each plat was 

 the same in all of them for the same year. They occupied, 

 however, a different position relative to each other in suc- 

 cessive years, to introduce, as far as practicable, a system 

 of rotation of crops. 



Order of arrangement of crops in plats : — 



Celery. 



Lettuce. 

 Spinach. 



Beets. 



Cabbages. 



Tomatoes. 

 Potatoes. 



Spinach. 

 Cdery.2 



Lettuce. 

 Red Cabbage. 

 Beets. 



Potatoes. 



Beets. 



White Cabbage, 



Tomatoes. 



Potatoes. 



Beans. 



Tomatoes. 

 Spinach. 



Lettuce. 

 Onions. 



Onions. 



Corn. 



Beans. 



Tomatoes. 



