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Lot No. 2. The entire quantity was divided into two equal portions; 1/2 

 of the total quantity being given as base manure on May 6th, and 

 the remaining half on September 16th, the same year. 

 Lot No. 3. The entire quantity was divided into three equal portions; 

 1/3 of the total quantity being given as base manure on May 6th, 

 another 1/3 on September 16th, and the remaining 1/3 on May 6th, 

 the next year. 

 Lot No. 4. The entire quantity was divided into four equal portions ; 1/4 of 

 the total quantity being given as base manure on May 6th, and the same 

 quantity on June 7th, September 16th, the same year and on May 6th, 

 the next. 

 Lot No. 5. No base manure was given at the outset. On June 7th, one 

 month, after planting the seedlings, the entire quantity was given 

 once for all. 

 Lot No. 6. No base manure was given at the outset and the entire 

 quantity was divided to two portions; 1/2 being given on June 7th, 

 and the remaining half on June 24th, the next year. 

 Lot No. 7. No base manure was given at first. The entire quantity, 

 divided into three equal portions, was given on June 7th, September 

 16th, the same year and on May 7th, the next. 

 Lot No. 8. No base manure was given. The entire quantity, divided 

 into four equal portions, was given on June 7th, September 16th, 

 the same year and on May 7th, as well as on September 5th, the next. 

 The fertilizers applied were well mixed with the soil. In the case 

 of top-dressings, the manures applied could not be fully mixed with the 

 soil as it was in the case of the base manure for fear of injuring the 

 seedlings planted. The soil was carefully loosened and was well mixed 

 with the top-dressing. Lots where no base manure had been applied, were 

 hoed in the same way to keep the condition of soil as nearly alike as possible. 



II. Growth of Seedlings Compared 



On November 5th, 1913, two years after the planting, during that 

 time the different fertilizers had been applied on the mode above stated, 

 the length of seedlings were measured and weighed after uprooting them. 

 As the figures are too numerous to be given in full, we reproduce below 

 only the average length and weight of the seedlings about the every lot. 



