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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



3 



4 



Muriate Acid phos- 



potash. phate. Lime. 



Yield per acre. 



1897. 



1S9S. 



200 lbs. 



200 " 



Balance favor lime 



1,080 lbs. 



640 lbs. 



Two-year 

 average . 



600 lbs. I j 3,360 lbs. 1,440 lbs. 2,400 lbs. 



1  I 



600 " 2,000 lbs. 4,440 " 2,080 " j 3,260 " 



860 lbs. 



Muri- 



^ ate pot- 

 o ash. 



Acidphos- Nitrate 

 phate. soda. 



Yield per acre. 



Lime. 



1897 



1898. 



Two-year 

 average. 



5 I 200 lbs. i 600 lbs. ! 120 lbs. ' 3,800 lbs. 2,520 lbs. 3,160 lbs. 



6 200 " 600 " 120 " 2,000 lbs. 4,280 " 2,520 " 3,400 " 



Balance favor of lime . 



480 lbs. 



240 lbs. 



From these results it is evident that the lime has been more 

 effective in the first season's growth. 



Experiment 2. This was an experiment with versus with- 

 out lime, and was begun on potato land in the spring of 1896. 

 As the season was unfavorable, and the tubers rotted badly, 

 no notes were taken. The ground, which was a lightish 

 loam, was plowed for the first time in a number of years. The 

 following year the land was planted to the Leaming variety of 

 ensilage corn, with the following results: 



Ensilage corn with lime, 16,820 lbs. per acre. 



Ensilage corn unlimed, 12,180 lbs. per acre. 



Difference in favor of limed, 4,640 lbs. per acre. 



