AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 91 



{Received 1250 lbs. of acid South Carolina rock, 250 lbs. of 

 muriate of potash, 165 lbs. of nitrate of soda and 40 lbs. sul- 

 phate of ammonia. 

 Plot 4 { Received no fertilizers. 



At the time of planting it was thought desirable to couple with 

 this experiment one to determine the comparative amounts of 

 barley and peas that could be produced on the same area under 

 the same system of manuring and cultivation, and also to deter- 

 mine which of the two varieties of peas, the Black-eyed Marrow- 

 fat or the small Canada, would give the largest yield. 



With the above named objects in view one-half of each plot 

 (1 1-4 acres) was sowed broadcast to barley. The remaining 

 half plots (1 1-4 acres) were each divided into two parts of five- 

 eighths acres, one part of which was in each case planted to the 

 small Canada pea, in drills with a Eureka Corn Planter at the rate 

 of two bushels per acre. The other five-eighths acre was 

 drilled to Black-eyed peas. 



The peas were cultivated twice between rows to keep down 

 grass and weeds. 



