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Report on Crop PRODUCTION OF THE 
TABLE I.—YIELD OF ONIONS ON PURDY FIELD FOR Four YEARS, 1898-1901, 
Plat No. 
COMAN QAR WH HH 
— 
1 Size of Plats 1 to 9, .0794 acre; Plat 10, .0843 acre. 
BY PLATS, 
Yield per plats.4 
Quantity of fertilizer a 
per acre. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 
Dhbs, Tbs. Lbs. Lbs. 
NOUS. sae ee iets ee 4 ye 404 823 170414 605 
HOOe TDS de Beek: nine wise! ts - 681% 1045% 2704 1257 
BOM) LPG pce e rately osu ise 702144 1148 28138144 1425 
LOUONTOS hth erature sie ss 6 831144 1416 2736 1423 
LOOOL IGS LP Sse Abele tera att 821 1382% 269814 1499 
IN OLE Shp we te lela nin dis he 602 858 2118 923? 
DUA) LIME sie aietaal ee @iatsre wie 693 1108 2665 a ry 
LODO DR AN TY am See 721 125914 26386 1212 
LO SLING SG a taca te clase ee ne 835 184144 2588% 1398? 
SACK) ALIS Nas ates oles Sb ie elt 814144 1298 2540 137? 
2 Plats 6 to 10 received no fertilizer in 1901. 
8 Calculated to yield for 0794 acre. 
eee eee 
Average. 
Lbs. 
906 
1422 
1522 
1601 
1600 
1125 
1396 
1458 
1541 
1599° 
TABLE II.—ACRE YIELD OF PURDY FIELD SHOWING INCREASE F‘ROM FER- 
Piat No. 
OmnNDAaA Rr WD 
ee 
com) 


Barrels.* 
76. 
119. 
127. 
134. 
134. 
94. 
117 
122. 
1? 
+ 
8 
dD 
52 
os) 
5 
129.4 
TILIZERS. 
 maricaliashos. 
Quantity of fertilizer 
per acre. Pounds. 
NODOW, ds sio.t eis an 11, 415 
GUO ADEA aie s 6 eee 17, 917 
1OOO TDs he iisied 08 AOS RTT 
1000 ADS F.% Beieehe oe 20,173 
POOO ADS si acest oe 20, 160 
INOMIE seh wilet ie wore eke 14,175 
HOOP STIS bs 46s Beale hte 17,590 
DOGO ADS sais puss. coe 18, 371 
1500 lbs..... steve 19,417 
ZUOO TDS, Tay sad coe 20,147 

1 Barrel. 
150 lbs. 
134.3 


Average yield per acre for four years. 
ar 8 a ee 
NL Sy wa 
Increase for 
each addition 
Increase over 
no fertilizer. 
Bobls. 
34 
2 Average Plats 1 and 6, 85.3 bbls., taken as yield with no fertilizer. 
mb OR 
TABLE III.—AVERAGE YEARLY PROFITS PER ACRE FROM 
TILIZERS ON PURDY FIELD. 
Quantity of fertilizer Cost fertilizer idtretle af 
Plat No. used per acre. per acre. crop. 
2 DOO LSS Gi asine iss $6.25 $42.62 
BLOOD DBKe s cabenes 4 12.50 53.12 
ee LOU MADE sone ce 18.75 61.50 
DOO LGC ih wich 25.00 61.37 
4 SOO TLDS Ae. bie asf 4.69 40.00 
>. AM MGS 4 sero nes . 9.3 46 .50 
ot OOO SIR. sates ei6 ° 14.06 55.12 
10 2000 ibs..... owie 18.75 61.25 
of 5 
00) Ibs. 
fertilizer. 
Bobls. 
3 
o> 00 1B 
Coie cs 
ake 
me OD OF ly 
ov vy 
UsE oF FER- 
Profit for 
each addition 
Profit from of 500 lbs. 
fertilizer. fertilizer. 
$36.37 $36.37 
40.62 4.25 
42.75 2oke 
36.37 —6.38 
$5.31 85. 31 
Bistoa 1.82 
41.06 oto 
42.50 1.44 
