GARDEN PLOT EXPERIMENTS 



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The difference in cost of work 



■ bare fallow " method 



NO 



PLOT 1 

 TREATMENT 



PLOT 2 

 NITRATE OF SODA 



PLOT 3 

 ACID PHOSPHATE 



PLOT 4- 



MURIATE OF POTASH 



plots and report results, 

 should be considered. 



4. Killing Weeds. — Compare the 

 of Icilling weeds before they are 

 up with the method of plowing 

 ground for corn or potatoes just 

 before time to plant. In which 

 plots are the weeds worse during 

 the growing season? 



5. Variety tests may be 

 made of any kind of crop. De- 

 tennine the difference in time re- 

 quired for growing crops of rad- 

 ishes of different varieties; or 

 compare the yields of two varie- 

 ities of potatoes grown in rows 

 side by side. Variety tests of cer- 

 tain field crops may also be made 

 in the garden. Thus the garden 

 may be made a place for deter- 

 mining future field practices on 

 farms in the neighborhood. 



6. Determine the proper 

 depth for planting beans, peas, 

 corn or other large seeds by 

 planting parts of a row at differ- 

 ent depths. 



7. Level or Hill Culture. — 

 Try early potatoes by the leYel ^.Jv^ J^^^ l-f^^^}^''Vl^J^°; 

 culture method and the hilling- crop desired. 



up method. Late potatoes may be compared in like manner. 

 Some believe in hilling-up early potatoes, and use level culture 

 for late potatoes. These experiments will answer such dis- 

 puted questions. 



PLOT 5 

 LIME 



PLOT 6 

 ALL FOUR 



PLOT? 

 NO TREATMENT 



