A Home Experiment 



101 



Do not lay out the plats on land that has been manured 

 within one year. If you carried on fertilizer experiments last 

 year, do not use the same set of plats again this season. 



The following diagram [slightly modified from the original] 

 shows the arrangement of the plats, with the spaces between. 

 Each plat is one rod wide and eight rods long: 



Plat 1— K. 15 lbs. Muriate Potash. 



Plat 2-N. 20 lbs. Dried Blood. 



Plat 3— P. 30 lbs. Acid Phosphate. 



Plat 4— Blank. No Fertilizer. 



-Di„+ K xnr Tv/r^^^^/lS lbs. Muriate Potash. 

 Plat 5-NK. Mixed I 20 lbs. Dried Blood. 



Plat 6-PK. Mixed 



15 lbs. Muriate Potash, 

 30 ibs. Acid Phosphate. 



Plat 7-NP. Mixed 



20 lbs. Dried Blood. 

 30 lbs. Acid Phosphate. 



f 20 lbs. Dried Blood. 

 Plat 8-NPK. Mixed^ 15 lbs. Muriate Potash. 



Uo lbs. Acid Phosphate. 



Plat 9~S. Stable Manure. 



