1895.] 



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Fertilizer used. 



[Pounds.] 



Plats 12, IS, 20, 



Suliiliate of potash (high grade) , 

 Bone, 



Plats 1' 



', 19, 21, j 



Muriate of potash, 

 Bone, 



54 



80 



54 



80 



400 

 600 



400 

 600 



Composition of Fertilizer used. 



Market Cost of Fertilizers. 



Per Acre. 



Plats 12, 18, 20, 

 Plats 17, 19, 21, 



$17 80 

 15 80 



The field was ploughed April 11, the fertilizer was applied 

 hroadcast April 20, and harrowed in. The potatoes were 

 planted April 24, at the rate of two and one-half bushels 

 per plat, or nineteen bushels per acre. As far as possible 

 medium-sized whole potatoes were used for seed, and when 

 larger ones were used they were cut in pieces corresponding 

 in size to the former. May 11 the crop began to appear 

 above ground, but was somewhat nipped by the frost of the 

 15th. The field was cultivated and hoed May 30 and June 

 18, on which latter date the first appearance of blooming 

 was noticed on the various plats, Beauty of Hebrcm leading. 

 Owing to the severe drought during the latter part of the 



