1894.] 



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An examination of the above-stated results leads to the 

 following conclusions : — 



1. Seeding in drills has in every instance given a larger 

 percentage of grain than seeding broadcast. 



2. The yield of the crop on the fertilized plats exceeds 

 as a rule about thirty-three per cent, that of the crop 

 obtained on the unfertilized plat. 



3. The results obtained by the aid of commercial manures 

 applied to plats IV. and V. com])arc very favorably with 

 those obtained with barn-yard manure or wood ashes. 



4. Muriate of potash as potash source of plant food in 

 case of grain crops as a rule leads in yield of crops the 

 sulphate of potash-magnesia. 



1892. — The system of manuring was the same as in pre- 

 ceding years. The general treatment of the soil was alike 

 in all }xlat8. 



Name of Crop raised (189'2). 



Entire Area 



occupied 

 by tlie Crop. 



Area occupied 

 by tlie Crop 

 in Each I'lat. 



Canada peas and oats (broadcast), 



Soja bean (in drills two and a half feet apart), 



Dent corn, " Pride of the North " (in drills two 

 and a half feet apart, two feet apart in row), . 



Acres. 



.81 



3.31 



.158 

 .146 



,596 



Amount of Seed used j)e/- Acre. 

 Canada jieas, 2 bushels, and oats, -1 bushels. 

 Soja beans, .... 60 pounds. 

 Dent corn, .... 14 quarts (26 to 28 pounds). 



Yield of Crop in Each Plat., calculated for One Acre. 

 [Pounds.] 



* Not weighed, being fed during August and September. 

 t Cut for silo. 



