186 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



1895. — During that year the observations of the preced- 

 ing year were repeated and in some directions enlarged ; 

 oats, vetch and horse bean, and oats and lentils were added 

 to those of the preceding year. The same kind and quantity 

 of manures were applied. The field was ploughed April 25 

 and the manure harrowed in May 3 ; the seed was sown 

 broadcast May 9. All parts of the field were treated alike, 

 and as far as practical)le on the same day. The plats occu- 

 pied by the crops were in all cases 33 feet w^ide, with 4 feet 

 unoccupied space between them, and from 191 to 241 feet 

 long. The yield of areas 175 feet long and 33 feet w^ide, 

 running along by the side of each other, served as our basis 

 for comparing results (5,775 square feet) (for details see 

 report for 1895). 



Yi(hl of Vclcli and Oats 2^cr Acre. 



In case of muriate of potash and bone, .... 7,238 pounds. 

 In case of sulphate of potash and bone, .... 6,635 pounds 



Yield of Vetch, Horse Bean and. Oats 2^<^r Acre. 



In case of muriate of potash and bone, .... 7,398 pounds 

 In case of sulphate of jiotash and bone, .... 5,881 jjounds. 



Yield of Oats and Lentils per Aei'c. 



The experiment was confined to a trial wdth sulphate of 

 potash and bone as manure on account of want of a suitable 

 field. The yield was 5,881 pounds of hay. 



After the crops stated had l)een harvested, during the 

 middle of July, in the form of hay, the field Avas ploughed 

 and prepared for the cultivation of a variety of clovers, 

 mammoth red clover, medium red clover, alsike or Swedish 

 clover, crimson clover and sweet or Bokhara clover, to com- 

 pare the crops resulting during two succeeding years with 

 those obtained in case of mixed croi)s of vetch and oats, etc. 



The subdivision of the field into eleven plats was the same 

 as in the preceding year ; each plat received the ^iimc kind 

 and amount of fertilizer as before ; the mechanical prepara- 

 tion of the soil was in all cases the same. The seeding 

 down of the difi'crent })lats took place on the same day, Jul}' 

 23, 1895. 



