36 EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Pounds. 



Manure, 5,005 



Bone and j^otash, 5,345 



Wood ashes, 4,624 



The average yield for the entire area during the past season 

 was at the rate of 4,977 pounds per acre. The average for the 

 entire period, 1893 to 1908 inclusive, has been 6,220 pounds. 

 The yields this year were considerably lower than usual, es- 

 pecially those of rowen, and undoubtedly on account of the 

 marked deficiency in rainfall. 



VII. In the exi:>eriment comparing winter with spring ap- 

 plication of manure the crop this year has been mixed grass and 

 clover hay. The field was cut twice, and the averages for the 

 Idiots representing the two systems of application have been as 

 follows i^er acre : — 



Winter Application. 



Pounds. 



Hay, 6,209 



Rowen, 1,227 



Spring Application. 



Pounds 



Hay, 6,804 



, Rowen, 1,409 



Spring application has given substantially 10 per cent, more 

 hay and about 14^ per cent, more rowen than winter applica- 

 tion. 



VIII. Our work with j)oultry has been directed principally 

 to a comparison of the so-called dry mash with the moist mash 

 system of feeding laying fowls. The results have not indicated 

 any marked superiority for either. The luimber of eggs from 

 the fowls receiving the moist mash has been somewhat greater 

 than the number produced by the fowls receiving the dry mash. 

 Whether the difference is sufficiently great to offset the greater 

 labor cost of the moist mash system of feeding we are not yet 

 prepared to say. 



