1895.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 9 



Part II. 



Field Experiments. 



1. Field experiments for the purpose of studying the economy 



of raising leguminous plants (clover, etc.) as a means of 

 enriching the soil in nitrogen in the interest of the subse- 

 quent raising of grain crops (Field A). 



2. Field experiments with several prominent varieties of pota- 



toes and some prominent mixed forage crops (Field B). 



3. Field experiments to ascertain the influence of different mix- 



tures of commercial fertilizers on the yield and general 

 character of several prominent garden crops (Field C). 



4. Experiments with forage crops (27), to study their fitness 



for our climate (Field D). 



5. Trial of an early maturing variety of Minnesota dent corn 



(Field E). 



6. Field experiments with different commercial phosphates, to 



study the economy of using the cheaper natural phosphates 

 or the more costly acidulated phosphates (Field F) . 



7. Experiments with forage crops (vetch and oats and Hun- 



garian grass. Field G). 

 S. Field experiments to study the effect of phosphatic slag and 



nitrate of soda as compared with ground bone on the yield 



of oats and com (east field). 

 9. Experiments with permanent grass lands (meadows). 



10. Orchard. Experiments with home-made stable manure, un- 



leached wood ashes and several mixtures of fertilizing 

 materials on the growth and yield of several varieties of 

 fruit trees. 



11. Observations in the vegetation house. 



12. Report on general farm work. 



The work in the chemical laboratory of the station is 

 steadily increasing. The progress of the work in the held, 

 the barn and the vesretation house in some cases calls for 

 much analytical chemical work, and the applications of the 

 citizens of the State for free analyses of fodders, fertilizers, 

 well water and a variety of waste products are from year to 

 year more numerous. The amount and character of the 



