AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



99 



EXPERIMENT BY J. P. MOULTON, OF SPRINGVALE. 

 Mr. Moulton reports as follows : 



"The soil is a heavy, rocky loam, yellow sub-soil with a hard 

 pan from two and a half to three feet below the surface ; land in- 

 clining gradually to the south-west. It was seeded seven years 

 ago and cut three-fourths of a ton of hay per acre in 1889. The 

 ground was plowed the first of May, 1890, and planted from the 

 twelfth to the fifteenth of the same month. Fertilizers applied as 

 directed. Seed was a small eight rowed corn and the hills were 

 two feet eight inches apart each way. 



The following table shows the kind and quantity of fertilizers 

 used and amount of crop produced on the several plots. 



Name of Fertilizer. 



Amount 

 per acre 



lbs. 



Total 



yield per 



plot in 



lbs. 



Yield of 



No.l 



husked 



corn per 



plot in 



lbs. 



Yield of 



No. 2 



husked 



corn per 



plot in 



lbs. 



2a. 



3a. 



4a, 



AcidS.C. Rock 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



Fine ground S. C. Rock. 



Lime 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



Thomas' Slag 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



Fine ground S. C. Rock. 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



No fertilizers 



AcidS.C. Rock 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



Fine ground S. C. Rock. 



Lime 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



Thomas' Slag 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



Fine ground S. C. Rock. 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda , 



Muriate of potash 



Nitrate of soda 



No fertilizer 



500) 

 100 J 

 150) 



10001 

 200 ! 

 100 f 

 150 J 



lOOin 



ioo y 



150 J 

 1000 1 

 100 •> 

 150 J 

 100/ 

 150 



5001 

 100 I 

 150 J 



1000 1 

 200 I 

 100 f 

 150 J 



1000) 

 100 

 150) 



1000 

 100 

 150 

 100 

 150 



705 



705 



712.5 



825 

 706.5 



9S7.5 



1094. 



735 



560 

 457.5 



233 



112.5 



269.5 



192.5 



173.5 

 107.5 



279 

 225 



270 



239 



171 

 143.5 



103 



175 



100 



134 

 90 



115 



97 



82 



Observations and remarks of Mr. Moulton in regard to the 

 crop. 



"The corn was harvested the first of October. Plots 1, and 

 la, were very dry and ripe when harvested. 



These plots were more forward than any of the others through 



