12 



Plat 3. About the same as pint Xo. 2. 



Plat 4. A IK nit the same as plat No. 2. 



Plat 5. Very heavy cane, pt-rhaps a trifle heavier than plat No. 4; badly twisted 

 and down, worse in that respect than plat No. 4. 



Plat <>. Hravy earn 1 , but rather poor stand; shows injurious effect of large amount 

 of guano in drills. 



Plat 7. Kxtra heavy cane, heavier than plats Nos. 3 and 4; large stalks, rather 

 badly twisted. 



Plat 8. About the same as plat No. 7. 



Plat !. Very good cane, about the same as plat No. 1. 



I Mat 10. Same as plat No. 9. 



Plat 11. Good cane, fair stand, cane perhaps trifle better than plat No. 10. 



Plat 12. Only fair cane, poor stand, not as good as plats Nos. 9 and 10; shows need 

 of some fertilizing element. 



Plat i:>. < ' ..... 1 cane, much better than plat No. 12; stalks of good size; shows need 

 of but little ammonia. 



Plat 14. Fair cane only, not as good as plat No. 13, about the same as plat No. 12; 

 shows need .f another fertilizing element. 



Plat 15. Very heavy stand, tall cane, stalks of small diameter and joints long, due 

 to rapid rnwth(?). Yield will probably not be greater than that of plats Nos. 5 

 and 7. 



Plat Hi. Very heavy cane, large diameter, good height but not as tall as plat No. 

 ir>. i'air*stand. 



Plat 17. Very tfood cane and stand; diameter yield will be better than plat No. 16 

 and nearly as good as plat No. 15. 



Plat is. V-ry good cane, about the same as plats Nos. 3 and 4. 



Plat lit. Seems to be a trifle better, heavier cane than on plat No. 18. 



Plat 20. Cane fair to good; fair stand. 



Plat 21. Very g<md cane but poor stand, cane about as plats Nos. 3 and 4; yield 

 hardly as large. 



Plat 22. Very good cane, fair stand; about the same as plats Nos. 3 and 4. 



Plat 2:i. Very r, M ,,i ,-une, about the same as plats Nos. 1 and 22; no better than 

 plot No. 22. Can see no advantage in mixing guano with soil before planting. 



Plat 24. Poor cane, poor stand, but better than plat No. 24, Field A. 



Tin' 



COMPOSITION AND COST OF FERTILIZERS. 



composition of the samples of fertilizers received from Mr. 

 were analyzed in this Bureau with the following results: 



TAHI.K X . . 1 nnlifxi'x of fertilizers. 



; in coinpnsitii.il of normal fertilizer. 



'Calculated. 



