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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



Fertilizer Elements a])pliecl anmially. 



The materials applied annually to the several plots are as 

 follows : — 



Fertilizers used. 



Plots 2 and 4 2 

 (Pounds Each). 



Nitrate of soda, 

 Dried blood, 

 Dry ground fish, 

 Acid phosphate. 

 Muriate of potash, 



50.0 



,50.0 



50.01 



62.5 



This field was limed in 1900 at the rate of 1 ton to the acre, 

 and again this year at the same rate. 



For the past two years the land has been in mixed grass and 

 clover. The sod was plowed in May, and the corn, Rustler 

 White dent, was planted on May 25. The rates of yield on 

 the several plots and the averages for the two systems of ma- 

 nuring are shown in the following tables : — 



Yields per Acre. 



Plots. 



Sound Corn 

 (Bushels). 



Soft Corn 

 (Bushels). 



Stover 

 (Pounds). 



Plot 1 (lesser potash). 

 Plot 2 (richer in potash), 

 Plots (lesser potash). 

 Plot 4 (richer in potash) , 



59.75 

 56.00 

 57.75 

 52.00 



4.24 

 7.10 

 5.75 

 8.25 



6,400 

 7,060 

 6,760 

 6,720 



1 By mistake plots 2 and 4 received the same application of acid phosphate in 1906 as 

 plots 1 and 3. 



2 Plot 4 this year received in addition 100 pounds of basic slag meal. 



