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MANURING EXPERIMENTS WITH PADDY RICE. 
Yield per plot. 
1000 un¬ 
hulled 
100 parts of 
full grain yield 
Number 
of 
Special Manures per 
tan. 
Straw. 
grms. 
Full 
grain. 
grms. 
Empty 
grain. 
grms. 
grains 
weigh 
grms. 
Hulled 
grain. 
°/o 
Chaff. 
°/o 
panicles 
per 
plot. 
V. Lime. 
Without lime. 
832 
575- 1 
3 1 - 1 
26.75 
81.40 
H 
CO 
b 
4*- 
393 
20 kilogrms. lime .. 
879 
604.1 
44.9 
25.41 
82.28 
16.93 
439 
4° ) j .. 
857 
602,9 
20.2 
25.67 
82.80 
16.91 
431 
VI. Green Manure 
and Lime. 
Without green manure 
and lime. 
459 
367.3 
I 5'3 
27.42 
82.80 
16.99 
267 
Green manure and no 
lime. 
445 
361.1 
15.2 
27.41 
82.80 
17-45 
282 
Green manure and 20 
kilogrms. lime. 
557 
464.8 
19.4 
27-31 
81.80 
J7-34 
312 
Green manure and 30 
„ lime. 
524 
432-5 
19.4 
26.42 
82.00 
17-45 
315 
Green manure and 40 
,, lime. 
524 
4347 
17.6 
27.84 
83.16 
16.60 
299 
Before entering into the discussion of the influence of the 
manures on the quantities of grain and straw produced, we 
may take notice of some features in the development of the 
plants caused by the different supply of nutrients. As to the 
tillering the following number of panicles were obtained from 
xooo plants originally transplanted : 
I. Series. 
Without 
Without 
Without 
Unmanured. 
phosph. acid 
nitrogen. 
potash. 
987 
1013 
1113 
1650 
II. Series. 
Nitrogen, kilogrms. 0 
5 7-5 
10 12.5 
15 
Panicles .. .. 1113 
1329 1504 
1638 1625 
1638 
