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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



1-Vio acre was 2,395 pounds, so that the lime Avas used in 

 slightly greater quantity than intended. The work of the 

 spreader in applying lime is quite satisfactory. There is no 

 difficult}^ in adjusting it to apply any desired amount with 

 substantial accuracy. Any chance that the amounts applied 

 to the different plots in such experiments as those in prog- 

 ress on Field A will differ is avoided by driving the spreader 

 in applying the lime the full length of the field across the 

 plots. 



The crop of this year was oats and peas. The lime was 

 applied on April 26, and plowed in, and Canada peas at the 

 rate of 11/^ bushels per acre were sown on April 28, and 

 deeply harrowed in. On April 29 the fertilizers were ap- 

 plied, and harrowed in. The oats were of the Clydesdale 

 variety. They were sown at the rate of 1 bushel to the acre 

 on May 1, and harrowed in. No accidental conditions likely 

 to interfere with the experiment were noted, although the 

 rank growth on the plots receiving nitrogen in the most 

 highly available form (nitrate of soda and sulfate of am- 

 monia) resulted in considerable lodging, which no doubt 

 decreased the yield on those plots. 



The rates of yield on the several plots and the source of 

 nitrogen on each are shown in the following table : — 



