226 Report on Crop PrRopvuction oF THE 
Attention is called to the great variations in the rainfall 
during the four months most important in the life of the plants. 
In 1899 there was a deficiency in available water but not in 
ABST he 
The soil of the Station farm is a strong clay loam, well 
adapted to general farming and capable of producing large 
crops when well handled. 
The plats used in the beet experiments could not be regarded 
as especially deficient in fertility, and would not respond to the 
application of manures as would poorer. land. 
The methods used in the cultivation of the crop were those 
approved by past practice and no detailed statement concerning 
them is necessary in this connection. 
THE MANURE. 
The stable manure used was a mixture of that coming from 
the cow and horse stables of the Station, sufficiently composted 
and mixed to render it fine and of uniform composition. The 
manure actually applied to the beet soil was analyzed only one 
year, 1901. Manure from the same general source and used in 
another experiment was analyzed in 1897, 1898 and 1899. From 
the data thus secured it is possible to know approximately the 
amounts of plant food supplied to the crops from this source. 
TABLE III.—COMPOSITION OF MANURE MADE IN THE STATION STABLES. 
Phosphoric 
Year. Water. Nitrogen. acid. Potash. 
Per ct. Per ct: Fer. cts Per cts 
LEO Tu is a vhste o's\8:s iby, oh 13.9 .389 .360 .342 Used on corn. 
LOGS +15 w bopis io sis wok ate the 16.2 .363 . 241 .093 Used on corn. 
DOO sls. Riatwin srw iale Meters a> 74.3 .529 .576 851 Used on wheat. 
LOOL... sic ao ieee este 78.3 .445 .382 738 Used on beets. 
In 1901 the manure was applied at the rate of 80,000 lbs. per 
acre, in all other years at the rate of 40,000 Ibs. 
The commercial fertilizer mixture was essentially the same 
throughout. Its ingredients and approximate composition are 
given in Table IV. i 
