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EXl'ERBIENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



The crop of the past season was corn, and it was an excellent 

 one on all })lots. The average yields were at the following- rates 

 per acre : — 



The hirger proportion of phosphoric acid has evidently been 

 favorable to the i)rodiiction of sound, well-ripened grain. 



V. Top-dressing fok Hay. 

 Since 1893 we have been using barnyard manure, wood 

 ashes, and a mixture of bone meal and muriate of potash as top- 

 dressing for permanent mowing. The total area included in 

 these experiments is about 9 acres divided into 3 })lots, so that 

 each year each system of top-dressing is represented. Tlie order 

 in which the different materials is applied to any given plot is 

 as follows : barnyard manure ; next year, wood ashes ; and iu 

 the succeeding year a combination of fine ground bone and mu- 

 riate of ix)tash. The rates of application per acre: — 



1. Barnyard manure, 



2. AVood ashes, 

 I Fiiie-jz round bone, 



3. 



1 Muriate of j)otasli. 



8 tons. 



1 ton. 

 GOO jiounds. 

 200 pounds. 



The crop of the past year was very much lighter than usual 

 on account of the marked deficiency of rainfall and the extreme 

 heat. The average yield for tlie entire area this year was at 

 the rate of 3,993 pounds per acre. The yields on the different 

 materials used in top-dressing were at the following rates per 

 acre : — 



Pounda. 



Barnyard manure 3.840 



Fine-jrround bone and muriate of potash, ..... 4, .'^04 

 Wood ashes, 3,736 



