Plats 11 and 12. 



Barnyard manare was added in several localities to the list of fer- 

 tilizers on trial during tlie second year. It was slightly ploughed 

 under during the preceding autumn to secure a suitable disintegration. 

 Cost of fertilizer per acre when bought 1893 : 



Plat 1, $36.70 Plat 7, $29.30 



Plat 2, 33.70 Plat 8, 37.20 



Plat 3, 42.40 Plat 9, 38.30 



Plat 4, 38.70 Plat 10, 35.90 



Plato, nothing. Plat 11, at local cost. 



Plat 6, 32.30 



Average cost, (per acre), $36.10 



Cost of materials in 1893, per ton of 2000 pounds, including freight 

 at Amherst, Massachusetts : 



Castor Pomace, $23.40 



Cotton Seed Meal, 31.00 



Linseed Meal, 34.80 



Nitrate of Potash, 87.40 



Nitrate of Soda, 49.40 



Cotton Seed Hull Ashes, 50.40 



High Grade Sulphate of Potash, 52.40 

 Sulphate of Potash-Magnesia, 40.40 



Carbonate of Potash-Magnesia, 39.10 

 Dissolved Bone-black, 24.20 



Phosphatic Slag Meal, 19.00 



Barnyard Manure, at local cost. 



A comparison of the cost of most fertilizing ingredients above 



stated with that charged at the present time averages approximately 



25% less — in favor of the present year. 



