Fertilizer Experiments on Meadow Land. 



Timothy. 



-Continued. 



Kind of Fertilizer Used. 



Sulphate of potash. . . 

 Muriate of potash . . . 



Nitrate of Soda 



Sulphate of ammonia 



No fertilizer 



Stable manure 



Tobacco stems 



Amount 



Per Acre 



in Pounds. 



1 60 

 160 

 160 



20 loads. 

 4,000 



Yield of 



Hay in 



Pounds 



Per Acre. 



Food for 

 Plants 



189 



I, goo 

 2,320 

 2,670 

 2,520 

 1,620 

 2,200 



3^350 



Time Required for the Complete Exhaustion of Available 

 Fertilizing Materials and the Amounts of Each Remain- 

 ing in the Soil During a Period of Seven Years. 



(From Scottish Estimates.) 



ON UNCULTIVATED CLAY LOAM. 



Kind of Fertilizer. Exhausted Percent.remainingin the soil unex- 



(in years), hausted at the end of each year. 



I 2 S 4 s ^ 7 



Lime 12 80 65 55 45 35 25 20 



Bone meal 5 60 30 20 10 00 00 00 



Phosphatic guanos 5 50 30 20 10 00 00 00 



Dissolved bones and plain superphos- 

 phates 4 * 20 10 5 00 00 00 00 



High grade ammoniated fertilizers, 



guano, etc 3 30 20 00 00 00 00 00 



Cotton-seed meal 5 40 30 20 10 00 00 00 



Barn-yard manure 5 60 30 20 10 00 00 00 



ON UNCULTIVATED LIGHT OR MEDIUM SOILS. 



Lime 10 75 60 '40 30 20 15 



Bone meal 4 60 30 10 00 00 00 



Phosphatic guanos 4 50 20 10 00 00 00 



Dissolved bones and plain super-phos- 

 phates 3 20 10 5 00 00 00 00 



High grade ammoniates, guanos 3 30 20 00 00 00 00 00 



Cotton-seed meal 4 40 30 20 10 00 00 00 



Barn-yard manure 4 60 30 10 00 00 00 00 



ON UNCULTIVATED PASTURE LAND. 



Lime 15 80 70 60 50 45 40 35 



Bone meal 7 60 50 40 30 20 10 00 



Phosphatic guano 6 50 40 30 20 10 00 80 



Dissolved bone, etc 4 30 20 10 00 00 00 00 



High grade ammoniated guanos 4 30 20 10 00 00 00 00 



Cotton-seed meal 5 40 30 20 10 00 00 00 



Barn-yard manure 7 60 50 40 30 20 10 00 



