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Table Showing Yields of Hat Per Plot and Per Acre lor the 



Year 1888. 



Per Plot. Per Acre. 



Plot 1 7.380 lbs. 2.952 lbs. 



"2 6.460 •« 2.5.-4 • 



k "3 ., 5.930 ** 2.372 " 



"4 7.055 " 2.822 " 



Table Showing Yields of Hat Per Plot and Per Acre for the 



Year 1889. 



Per Plot. Per Acre. 



Plot 1 5.320 lbs. 2.158 lbs. 



•' 2 5.625 - 2.250 ■■ 



"3 4.485 '■ 1,792 M 



••4 5.485 u 2.194 ■■ 



Table Showing Total Yields of Hat Per Acre and Per Plot 

 for the Years 1888 and 1889. 



Per Plot. Per Acre. 



Plot 1 12.710 lbs. 5.084 lbs. 



••2 12.080 p 4,832 " 



•'3 10.415 •• 4.1P4 '• 



-4 32.530 " 5,010 * 



Table Showing the Average Yield of Hat Per Plot and Per 

 Acre for the Two Years. 



Per Plot. Per Acre. 



Plotl 6.355 lbs. 2.542 lbs. 



■•2 6.040 ■• 2.416 •• 



"3 • • 5.207 •• 2.082 • 



'• 4 6.265 •• 2.510 •• 



Taking Plot 4, which is the plot under cultivation without 

 manure, as the standard from •which to reckon the productive- 

 ness of the other plots from time to time had they been cropped 

 without manuring, and representing the yield of Plot 4 by the 

 number 100, the following table shows the yields of the different 

 plots that might be expected without the adddition of fertilizers. 

 in per cent, of the yield of Plot 4. 



The figures below show the average yield of hay for the years 

 of 1888 and 1889 in per cent, of Plot 4. 



Plot 1, 101 per cent. 

 " 2, 96 " " 

 ^ 3, 80 " " 

 " 4, 100 " " 



In the spring of 1890 the entire ten acres were plowed and the 

 plots treated as follows as to fertilizers. 



.p, , /Received 50 loads of manure from the cow stables, or at the 

 \ rate of 20 loads to the acre, requiring 3 loads to the cord. 



Received 2.500 lbs. of finely ground South Carolina rock. 250 

 Plot 2\ lbs. of muriate of potash, 165 lbs. nitrate of soda and 40 lbs. 

 sulphate of ammonia. 



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