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in the field which has been referred to very strikingly illus- 

 trate the same point. In this tield there are two plots, which 

 for the last fifteen years have annually received equal quan- 

 tities of dissolved bone-black and muriate of potash. One 

 in addition has received during the fifteen years two appli- 

 cations of lime at the rate of 1 ton per acre — the first 

 application, deeply disc-harrowed in, in 1899 ; the second 

 application, put on as a top-dressing to the grass land, in 

 the early spring of 1904. The product of the two plots was 

 at the following rates per acre : — 



Unlimed jjlot : — 



Pounds. 



First cut, 860 



Second cut, 280 



Limed jjlot : — 



Pounds. 



First cut, 3,600 



Second cut, . . . . . . . 2,o7o 



The total product of the unlimed plot was at the rate of 

 1,140 pounds per acre. The total product of the limed plot 

 was at the rate of 6,175 pounds per acre, or substantially five 

 and one-half times the product of the unlimed plot. The 

 ojrasses as well as the clovers made far more vio;orous OTowth 

 on the limed than on the unlimed plot. 



Methods of applying Fertilizers. — In the relatively small 

 amounts in which the concentrated fertilizer materials recom- 

 mended are generally used, it is a matter of some difficulty, 

 or rather one which requires an extreme degree of care, to 

 apply evenly by hand sowing. There has been much inquiry 

 for a machine which will apply fertilizers l)roadcast in a 

 satisfactory manner. As a result of such experience as we 

 have had here in the use of machines for this purpose, I 

 conclude that our inventors have not as yet produced a ma- 

 chine which is altogether satisfactory. For the application 

 of relatively small amounts of fertilizer we have for the last 

 few years employed the Stevens' fertilizer distributer, and 

 this, if kept in perfect order and all the working parts clean, 

 is capable of doing fairly satisfactory work. The means 

 whereby the amount of fcM-tilizer applied can be gauged are 



