Air-dried crop in 1912 from 1 acre. 



Plot 2 n Plot 3 



30 cwts 45 lbs grain 29 cwts 45 lbs grain 



52 cwts - lbs straw 48 cwts 78 lbs straw 



Table 2 shows single ears taken from plots 2n (completely manured) and Table 3 



(without Potash) shortly before ripening. (See description to Table 1.) 



Italian Rye-Grass. 



(Tables 3 and 4.) 

 Pot Experiments 1912. 

 Soil taken from the Experimental Field on the Station — Plot G 3 which has 

 received no Potash since 1902. 



Sown on 19*'' April and harvested, first cutting, 24''" July; second cutting, 8*'" October. 

 Photographed on 21 ^* September. 



Each pot received a standard dressing of: 



3.500 grams Nitrogen (N) in the form of Nitrate of Calcium 



1.775 grams Phosphoric Acid (P, Oj) in the form of Monocalcic Phosphate 



0.180 grams Magnesia (Mg O) in the form of Sulphate of Magnesia. 



The pot, shown in Table 3, received, besides, 0.776 grams Potash (K, O) in the form of 



the Muriate, while pot, shown in Table 4, received no Potash. Richly nourished and 



thriving grass plants have a soft green colour, while the leaves, when they dry up 



assume a yellow or a reddish yellow colour with light brown to a brown tone (Table 3.) 



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