CORN. 



To THE Secretary of Hampshire Agricultural Society. — Here 

 find the report of my experiment with plant food on one-eight acre of 

 corn. The land had had no manure since 1897 until last winter when I 

 put on a heavy coat of coarse manure and plowed in as early as the 

 wet spring would permit. The crops had been in 1897 corn, 1898 

 grass, 1899 grass, 1900 rye. The following is the result of weighing: 

 Plot 1, corn 1 17 lbs. stover partly dry, 190 lbs. 



" 2. " 123 201 " 



" 3, " 81 " ' 178 " 



" 4, - 77 " 208 " 



" 5, •' 106 " " " '• 195 " 

 Plots 4 and 5 suffered by the same crust as did those on the onion 

 experiment, the corn plants being stronger survived the battle better 

 than their neighbors. 



C. L. COMINS. 



ONIONS. 



To the Secretary of the Hampshire Agricultural Society. — 

 Here find report of experiment with plant food on one-eighth acre of 

 onions. The land was of the same field as that used for the potato 

 experiment, the same being a sod of clover and other grasses. Weigh- 

 ing of the different plots showed tne following results : 

 Plot 1, Merchantable 145 lbs., small about 28 lbs. 



" 2. " 163 33 " 



" 3, " 98 15 " 



" 4, " 58 " " " 10 " 



" 5. " " 118 " " " 23 '• 



The shortage in plot 4 I attribute to a very unfavorable mechanical 

 condition of the surface of the soil caused by bone black and potash 

 which formed a hard crust on plot 4 and somewhat on plot 5, though 

 not as bad as on plot 4. 



C. L. COMINS. 



