FIELD EXPERIMENTS IN I915. 



Dates of Planting and Harvesting, in 1915. 



21 



Plot No. 



133 

 134 

 135 

 136 



Date planted 



Date harvested Plot No. 



May 20, 1915 Sept. 29, 1915J 146 



May 20, 1915 Sept. 30, 1915| 147 



May 21, 1915 Sept. 30, 19151 148 



May 21, 1915lSept. 30, 19151 149 



Date harvested 



May 24, 1915 Oct. 



May 24, 1915 Oct. 



May 24, 1915 Oct. 



May 24, 1915 Oct. 



4, 1915 



4, 1915 



6, 1915 



6, 1915 



Yields per acre Obtained in Method of Applying Fertiliser 

 Experiment — ip 15. 



Plot 



No. 



Treatment. 



Merchantable 



Culls 



Bbls. 



Bush. 



Bbls. 



Bush. 



133 



146 



134 



147 



135 

 148 



136 

 149 



All in planter 



All in planter 



Average 



1000 in planter, 500 when up 



1000 in planter, 500 when up . 



Average 



1000 broadcast, 500 when up. 



1000 broadcast, 5000 when up 



Average 



All broadcast 



All broadcast 



Average 



99.8 

 117.8 

 108.8 



274.5 

 323.9 



299.2 



7.4 

 2.9 



5.2 



109.1 

 117.4 

 113.3 



300.0 

 322.8 

 311.5 



2.3 

 3.7 



3.0 



98.9 

 119.1 

 109.0 



271.9 

 327.5 

 299.7 



3.4 

 2.2 



2.8 



100.3 

 126.2 

 113.3 



275.8 

 347.1 

 311.5 



2.0 

 3.2 



2.6 



20 .4 

 7.9 



14.3 



6.3 

 10.2 



9.4 

 6.1 



7.8 



5.5 

 8.8 



7.2 



The results for the two years are summarized in the fol- 

 lowing table. 



Method of Applying Fertilizer. 

 Yield in Barrels per Acre. 



Method. 



1914 



1915 Average 





130.9 

 123.6 

 123.4 



108.8 

 113.3 

 109.0 

 113.3 



119.9 



1000 pounds in planter, 500 pounds when up 

 1000 pounds broadcast, 500 pounds when up 



118.5 

 116.2 











The two years results indicate there is little to choose be- 

 tween the methods. It is planned to repeat this experiment in 

 1916. 



