1900.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — Xo. 33. 17 



The seed was sown in th& customary manner, but more 

 thickly, on April 28. Germination was prompt and per- 

 fect. 



The development upon the several plots and upon the 

 unlimed and limed sections of all the plots exhibited the 

 most remarkable differences. 



1. Many of the plants upon the nothing plots soon died, 

 and those remaining made practically no growth. The limed 

 halves of these plots throughout the first half of the season 

 were even worse in these respects than the unlimed. 



2. The application of no single element without lime 

 gave a good growth ; but the plants upon the dissolved 

 bone-black (without lime) did best. With lime the growth 

 was more feeble than without it on the dissolved bone-black 

 plot. On the plot on which muriate of -potash was used 

 without lime most of the plants soon died, while on this 

 fertilizer alone and lime there was a rank growth, though 

 few ripe bulbs were harvested. Nitrate of soda with lime 

 gave better growth than without, but both with and without 

 growth was very feeble. 



3. On nitrate of soda and muriate of potash without 

 lime almost all plants died ; with lime there was a rank 

 growth ; but the bulbs did not ripen well. 



4. On nitrate of soda and dissolved bone-black without 

 lime was the best growth on the unlimed portion of the 

 field. As last year, the development upon these two fertil- 

 izers alone was much better than on the plot where they 

 were employed in the same amounts with muriate of pot- 

 ash. The growth upon the limed portion of the plot receiv- 

 ing the nitrate and bone-black was not materially improved, 

 while where the muriate of potash was used with these fer- 

 tilizers liming influenced the growth most favorably. 



5. Liming proved highly fiivorable on the plot where 

 dissolved bone-black and muriate of potash were used, this 

 portion of that plot ranking third in the field in appearance 

 throughout the season, while there was little growth upon 

 the unlimed portion. 



