230 AGRICULTURAL EXPERTISIENT STATION. [Jan. 



in before seeding down. The amount of barn-yard manure 

 (plat I.) used is an exceptional one, for the purpose of 

 securing its highest eliect. The annual amount of the 

 remaining fertilizers in case of plats II., IV. and Y. is 

 within customary farm practice. 



Xame of Crop raised (18Si)). 



Entire Area 



occupied 

 by tlio Crop. 



Area occupied 

 by the Crop 

 in Each Plat. 



Barley (in drills two feet aj^art), 



Barley (broadcast), 



Dent corn, " Pride of the North " (rows three 

 feet three inches apart) , 



Amount of Seed used per Acre. 



Pounds. 



Barley, in drills, 57 



Barley, broadcast, 70 



Dent corn, " Pride of the Xorth '' (rows three feet three inches 



apart), 27 



Yield of Crojys in Each Plat, ccdcidated for One Acre. 

 [Pounds.] 



Drilled barley when cut contained 44.4 per cent, of solid 

 matter; corn when cut contained 25.4 per cent, of solid 

 matter. 



Conclusion. — The generally fair state of productiveness 

 of the lands at the beginning of the experiment shows itself 

 in the fact that the unfertilized plat (III.) yields but little 

 less than some of the fertilized plats. 



1890. — The system of manuring and the general treat- 

 ment ot the soil was the same as in the preceding year. 



