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EXPERIMENT STATION 



[Jan. 



This field was limed in 1900 at the rate of 1 ton to the 



acre. 



The crop of the past season was mixed grass and clover, 

 the present being the second year for this seeding. The 

 rates of yield per acre on the several plots and the averages 

 for the two systems of manuring are shown by the following 

 tables : — 



Yields per Acre (Pounds'). 



Plots. 



Hay. 



Plot 1 (lesser iiotash), . 

 Plot 2 (richer in potash) , 

 Plot 3 (lesser i^otash), . 

 Plot 4 (richer in potash) , 



Average Yields per Acre (Pounds). 



It will be noticed that the combination of fertilizers rep- 

 resenting the special corn fertilizer gives an average yield 

 of hay at the rate of 430 pounds per acre heavier than that 

 produced where the combination of fertilizer materials richer 

 in potash was used. On the other hand the latter combina- 

 tion of fertilizer materials gives a yield of rowen averaging 

 260 pounds per acre greater than the special corn fertilizer. 

 The total crops, then, produced under the two systems of 

 fertilizing, are not far from equal for the past year. 



Since this experiment was begun, this land has produced 

 on plots 1 and 2, ten corn crops ; on plots 3 and 4, eight corn 

 crops. The average yields per plot and the averages for 

 the two svstems of fertilizing are shown in the following 

 tables : — 



