no 



HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



0ni07is {North Acre Soil Test, 1900). 



FERTILIZERS USED. 



Nothing, 



Nitrate of soda, . 

 Dissolved bone-black. 

 Nothing, 

 Muriate of iJotash, 



Nitrate of soda and dissolved 



bone-blacij. 

 Nitrate of soda and muriate of 



potash. 

 Nothing 



Dissolved bone-black and muri- 

 ate of potash 



Nitrate of soda, dissolved bone- 

 black and muriate of potash. 



Plaster 



Nothing, 



Yield per Acre op 

 Well-cured Onions 



(BUSUELS). 



Unlimed, 



6.15 



50.00 



17.31 



72.69 



37.69 



225.77 



9.23 



38.46 



159.62 



136.92 



4.62 



23.46 



Limed. 



41.54 

 155.00 



37.69 

 132.31 

 383.46 

 202.31 

 310.77 

 107.69 

 380.00 

 488.46 



23.08 

 102.31 



Gain ob Loss per Acre, 



compared with notuing 



Plots (Bushels). 



Unlimed. 



21.67 

 —33.20 



—26.45 

 170.20 



—37.80 



124.91 



105.96 



—22.59 



Limed. 



83.21 

 —64.36 



257.31 



82.31 



196.93 



273.66 

 383.46 



—80.57 



Value of net average increment: unlimed, $12.66; limed, $18.16, 

 Financial result: unlimed, $6.26 gain; limed, $11.76 gain. 



Results of the Addition of Phosphoric Acid to — 



Nothing. 



Nitriite of 

 Soda. 



Muriate , Nitrate and 

 of Muriate of 



Potash, Potash. 



Average 

 Result. 



Scallions, unlimed (pounds), 

 Scallions, limed (pounds) . 

 Onions, unlimed (bushels). 

 Onions, limed (bushels) , . 



—1,300 



—1,040 

 —33.20 

 —64.36 



—3,770 

 —1,880 

 148.53 

 — 90 



1,955 

 -3,030 

 151.36 

 16.35 



5,145 

 —3,850 

 143.76 

 186.53 



507.50 



-2,450.00 



102.61 



S4.41 



Value of net average increment: unlimed, $26.68; limed, ^8.95. 

 Financial result: unlimed, $^0.28 gain; limed, $2.55 gain, 



