AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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FIRST ACRE. 



SECOND ACRE. 



THIRD ACRE. 



Plot. 



r>00 lbs. dissolved bone- 

 black and loo lbs. ni- 

 trate of soda per 

 acre. 



looo lbs. South Carolina 

 rock, and 100 lbs. ni- 

 trate of soda per 

 acre. 



500 lbs. Caribbean Sea 



guano and ion lbs. 



nitrate of soda 



per acre. 



1 



Clov 



Clover. 



Clover. 



2 

 "F" 



Oats. 



Oats. 



Oats. 



Peas. 



Peas. 



Peas. 



4 



Turnips. 



Turnips. 



Turnips. 



5 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



6 



Beans. 



Beans. 



Beans. 



7 



Potatoes. 



Potatoes. 



Potatoes. 



8 















9 



Corn. 



Corn. 



Corn. 



10 



Barley. 



Barley. 



Barley. 



Id 



Clover. 



Clover. 



Clover. 



2d 



Oats. 



Oats. 



Oats. 



3d 



Peas. 



Peas. 



Peas. 



M 



Turnips. 



Turnips. 



Turnips. 



M 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



6d 



Beans. 



Beans. 



Beans. 



Id 

 ~M~~ 



Potatoes. 



Potatoes. 



Potatoes. 











Sid! 



Corn. 



Corn. 



Corn. 



\M 



Barley. 



Barley. 



Barley. 



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24 Rods. 



Mr. Leland writes that the drought from the middle of May to 

 the last of June seriously affected the crop. A neighboring 

 farmer on land adjoining obtained only ten bushels of oats per 

 acre. 



The crops of oats, barley, wheat, peas and beans were so small 

 that they were weighed without threshing. The corn was 

 destroyed by grubs and was counted an entire failure. 



The following table shows the yields of the various plots 

 and the amounts and kinds of fertilizers used : 



