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for peridd of twelve day© during wnicn tncy wore forked five times 
and received copiuuB watering £xhkx b$r frequent showers of rain. 
Tno bods were then replanted witn ten-days old amarantnu© seedlings. 
0uring t^e early life of tno plants one could again note tne narm- 
fiil effect of tne opium refuse on tno plants. Furtner ob sc rogation© 
on tneoe plants ned to be discontinued as too many insect parasites 
began to encroacn on tnese beds from weeds in tno ©unrounding araao 
tno cultivation of wnicn soui had been abandoned, 
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Pot Experiments 
Anotner set of experiment© were made in pots to test 
tnc manurial value of opium refuse wnen mixed with well-rotten loaf- 
j}' 
mould, or tnis purpose surface soil was taken from a completely fx 
fallow locality and was mixed one-tnird witn river sand do as to im¬ 
prove its physical condition. J, n.i:s set constituted of pots with 
cnando , leaf-mould o nd 
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mixed with equal quantify of leaf-mould. The quantity of manure used 
selected for tnese 
was onc-tnird of tno soil by volume f and tne plentyanxjosxijMxtiiB ex- 
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poriments were mtdstxwsxs: cobmoy. Here too it was observed tnat tne 
old opiup. refuse nud exorted a very injur j. ou© influence botn on tno 
plant growth and flowe-b!. production, and this wds so oven wnen xxxxh; 
tne opium refu-so was mixed witn loaf-moul divide table XI). 
t; 
ids by side 4r.lt m tnose 
rcmfall 
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l&wldi anotnor were made in wnicn 
tne opium refuse was macerated in double tno quantity of water for 
24 hours, and tne Saw?liquid extract obtained by s '(fining tnoougn CK* 
gunny ^nd tnp ryslducy^oro qaod in separate pots. In tneso tests 
extract were 
a tne residue were us 
UAs fi£ CLsUfo fotesUL. 
I it was found tnat both tne residue and tne liquid 
fend a 
harmful to tnc life'plants, tnougn it appeared that solid residue 
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was more narmful tnan its liquid extract, probably because of tne 
tAjU 
wxnittHgxkffxafxtxK tno latter was *w**>*i>*v4j^ smspceptiblo to be 
dtoe+m d 
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