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C 75 pounds dried blood. 

 Plat 1, . . . < 30 pounds muriate of potash. 



(^40 pounds dissolved bone-black. 



C 47 pounds nitrate of soda. 

 Plat 2, . . . < .'30 pounds muriate of potash. 



(^40 pounds dissolved bone-black. 



^38 pounds sulphate of ammonia. 

 Plat 3, . . . < 30 pounds muriate of potash. 



(^40 pounds dissolved bone-black. 



^47 pounds nitrate of soda. 

 Plat 4, . . . < 30 pounds high-grade sulphate of potash. 



^ 40 pounds dissolved bone-black. 



^"38 pounds sulphate of ammonia. 

 Plat 5, . . . < 30 pounds high-grade sulphate of potash. 



(^40 pounds dissolved bone-black. 



Pounds. 



Per acre : Phosphoric acid, . . . . . . 50.4 



Nitrogen, 60.0 



Potassium oxide, ...... 120.0 



The different fertilizers were applied In'oadcast, and sub- 

 sequently slightly ploughed under, in all cases on the same 

 day (April 22, 1891). All plats were planted in the same 

 order with the same kind of garden crops (eight). Every 

 plat was either planted with young plants or was sown 

 with the seed, as circumstances dictated, each kind on 

 the same day and in the same manner. The young plants 

 used for the experiment were raised under corresponding 

 conditions from seed in a hot-bed. The different kinds of 

 garden crops were ai'ranged in the following order, beginning 

 on the east side of each plat : — 



Lettuce, White Tennis Ball, one row. 



Spinach, Long Standing and Bloomingdale, cue row each. 



Beets, Egyptian and Dewings, one row each, or two of a kind. 



Celery, White Phnne, one row. 



Kohlrabi, two rows. 



Cabbage, Red Dutch and several white varieties, three rows in all. 



Tomatoes, Boston Market, two rows. 



Potatoes, Beauty of Hebron, five rows. 



The details of the results are recorded in our ninth annual 

 report. Being the first year's observation, no serious 

 attempt was made to account for the differences in the yield 

 upon different plats. 



1892. — During the spring of 1892 it was thought best to 

 make such alteration in the location of the plats as would 



