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Phosphoric acid, . 

 Potassium oxide, 

 Nitrogen, . 



Pounds. 



7h 

 15 

 6i 



The crops were planted across each plat, from north to 

 south, in rows 62 feet in length ; a corresponding number 

 of rows of each crop was planted in each plat, and they 

 were arranged in each case in the same order of succession, 



beginning on the west end 



Onions (Danvers Yellow) , eight rows. 

 Sweet corn (Crosby Early), four rows. 

 Beans (Bush Horticultural), uuie rows. 

 Tomatoes (Essex Hybrid) , two rows. 



Onions. 



The onions were sown in rows 14 inches apart May 1 ; 

 they came up May 12. The young plants looked least satis- 

 factory upon plats 1 and 4, and most promising upon plats 

 2 and 5, July 11. The crop was harvested on all plats 

 October 5. Plats 2 and 5 yielded more than one-half of the 

 entire marketable crop, while plats 1 and 5 yielded but one- 

 fifteenth of it. 



Yield of Onions (Pounds). 



Sweet Corn. 



The corn was planted in rows 3 feet 3 inches apart, with 

 20 inches in the row, averaging 131 hills in each plat. May 

 11. The young plants came up May 27 quite uniformly on 

 all plats. 



