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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



These results are in accordance with those obtained in pre- 

 vious experiments. The largest crojD is obtained on plots where 

 potash is used alone or in combination with other materials. 



Grass Plots. 

 The experiment in top-dressing grass lands w'itli different 

 materials used in rotation has been continued. The yield of hay 

 this year was below the average. The following table gives the 

 yields per acre : — 



Plot. 



Fertilizer. 



Hay 

 (Pounds). 



Rowen 

 (Pounds). 



1, 

 2, 



3, 



Manure, 

 fBone meal, . 

 [Muriate of potash, 

 [Muriate of potash, ' 

 [ Basic slag, i . 



3,571 



3,698 



3,480 



1,670 

 1,.359 



1,405 



The average yield to date under the three sj'stems of top- 



dressing are : — 



When top-dressed with manure, . 



Y\^hen top-dressed with bone meal and potash, 



When tojD-dressed with slag and potash," . 



Pounds per 

 Acre. 



. 6,021 

 . 5,914 

 . 5,542 



The fescue mixture produced this year W'hen top-dressed with 

 manure 331 pounds more of hay per acre than the timothy 

 mixture, and 270 pounds more rowen. 



On the plot top-dressed with bone meal and muriate of potash 

 the difference in favor of the fescue mixture was 1,008 pounds 

 hay per acre and 263 pounds rowen. 



The results obtained are similar to those obtained for the last 

 few years. During the first few years of the experiment the 

 timothy mixture produced the larger yields, but for the past 

 three or four years the fescue mixture has produced the larger 

 crop. 



1 In place of ashes used in earlier years. 



2 Formerly wood ashes. 



