AGRICULTURE AND DENDROLOGY. 
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DRILLING versus BROADCASTING THE FERTILIZERS. 
Concerning the effect on the yield of applying the manures 
in the drill with the seed, as against broadcasting and 
working them into the surface soil before sowing, the results 
are rather interesting. The averages of the division d and e, 
on which the manures were drilled with the seed, were equal 
to, or higher, on 14 of the 22 manured plats, than the averages 
of the divisions a, b and c, on which the manures were broad¬ 
casted. This does not argue in favor of broadcasting as some 
expei’imenters advocate. There is no doubt, however, that 
concentrated manures may act injuriously when applied with 
the seed in too large quantity. 
In one of the eight cases in which the drilled fertilizers 
produced a less yield than the broadcasted ones, nitrate alone 
was used (plat 9), in one case superphosphate alone (plat 
17), in two cases nitrates were dominant (plats 11 and 22), 
In one case superphosphate dominated (plat 12), one plat 
(No. 2) had no nitrate, and in the remaining two cases (plats 15 
and 16) all three elements were present in large quantity. 
