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No. 5 is destined to meet cases of this kind. A good many ^°od for 

 Eastern tobacco growers plant tobacco after peanuts, and 

 some of them grow peas between the hills of tobacco, plant- 

 ing them with hoes and putting six to ten peas in a place the 

 latter part of June or early in [uly. This improves the soil 

 for after-crops, but tobacco grown after tobacco and peas 

 is said not to be of good quality; though, as would be 

 expected, the growth is very large. 



Good results will come from the use of high grade fertili- 

 zers, such as are suggested above, or similar ones, and we 

 believe that when once tried there will be no inclination to go 

 back to the lower grade ones now so largely used. 



Fertilizing Hay Crops. 



The experiments with fertilizers on hay crops, begun in 

 igoi, were continued during the season of 1902-3. ' During 

 the season of 1901-2 it was found that the use of Thomas 

 phosphate slag and sulphate of potash with Nitrate of Soda 

 did not pay as we 1 as Nitrate of Soda used alone. The 

 experiments during the last season were planned to test the 

 availability of the phosphate after the first season. It was 

 thought last year that there was a possibility that the in- 

 soluble slag phosphate would become more available the 

 second season after applying it. The plots used in the 

 1 901-2 experiments were subdivided and given different 

 applications of Nitrate of Soda used alone and in combina- 

 tion with sulphate of potash used at the rate of 300 pounds 

 per acre. 



The yield of hay was lower on both fertilized and unfer- 

 tilized plots during the season of 1902-3 than it was in 

 1 901-2. This difference is undoubtedly due to an unfav- 

 orable season. The late spring rainfall failed almost entirely, 

 and to this no doubt must be attributed the decreased yield. 



An inspection of the summary of results tabulated below 

 shows that the heaviest yields of hay on both red and 



