14s I^'OOD I'Oi; I'l.A.NTS. 



lirsl rotation less than 25 pounds, and in tlu' si'coiid rota- 

 lion less than 30 pounds. 



1."). A (•oni])arison of llic ciop yields in the (irsl and 

 second I'otalion, shows that the animal manures have a 

 marked euniulatix'e etTect. 



16. The corn crops seem to have utilized a sniaHer 

 ])roportion of the nitrog'eii applied than was utilized by 

 the oats and wheat. 



17. The fresh mainires were utilize* 1 Ix^tter than the 

 leaehed manures. 



18. The solid and li(iuid, Iresh, was utilized better than 

 the solid, fresh. 



19. The solid and li((uid, leached, was utilized better 

 than the solid, leached. 



20. The smaller applications of nitrate were utilized 

 to about the same extent as the larger applications. 



21. The equivalent quantities of nitrate, ammonium 

 sulphate, and dried blood were utilized in the order 

 named. 



22. The animal manitres when used together with the 

 larger applications of nitrate, were utilized to better 

 advantage than when they were nsed together with the 

 smaller application. 



23. The nitrate and anuuonium s\d])hate when used 

 together with solid manure, leached, were utilized in the 

 order named. 



24. The pro])ortion of nitrogen recovered in the crops 

 ranged from 62.09 — 2'2.31 per cent. 



25. With the returns from the nitrate nitrogen taken 

 as 100, the relative availability of the other nitrogenous 

 materials was as follows : 



Sodium nitrate 



Ammonium sulphate . . . . 



Dried blood 



Solid manure, fresh 



Solid and liquid, ircsli. . . 

 Solid manure, leaehed . . . 

 Solid and liquid, leached. 



