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by the heavy rains of March, April, and May, which delayed 
planting for more than a month beyond the proper time, and 
any of 
are, therefore, not yet available, but the growing noe whic 
have observed with great care on ve shown 
results in all respects similar to, but greater than am ee 
at my Nutley plantation, which I shall now describe. 
The powdered radium ore tailings were applied to the land 
one, two, four, and eight ounces, amounts inconveniently small 
DraGraM 1. Plan of a set of plots. 
PLOT CC PLOT X 
NORAF. 
50 LBS.RAF, 
TO ACRE. 
WATERMELONS 
for uniform distribution. Therefore, to each such portion eight 
ounces of ordinary fertilizer was added and very thoroughly 
mixed by steam power. This mixture made of the ete a 
sort of radio-active fertilizer, for which the symbol RAF 
here be used, although the figures ae will actually ener 
the amount of the tailings contained therein. 
field having an area of one and one- > hall acres was secured 
] ies by a igh jaad hg ee veer interference. 
t,t emainder 
ee the level above. “The gr round wasa eke decomposed 
sand-shale and was moderately stony. Through this plot, from 
east to ans was laid a road six feet in width n one side the 
strip 14 feet wide, on the other 78 feet. The whole was 
it received the 8 ounces of fertilizer. Each set of plots was nine- 
