New YorkK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. Spat 
on clay loam at the rate of one-third of the bulk of the soil; 
and in others, as has already been stated, neither commercial 
fertilizers nor stable manure was used. All of this is shown 
in the following statement: 
TABLE LV.—SHOWING THE TREATMENTS OF THE VARIOUS PORTIONS OF SOIL. 
Soil treatment ) ‘ss 
number. Stable manure. Commercial fertilizers. Rate per acre for each crop. 


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a aaa "4899-700 Ra _ 
1898’-98. and 1990— 
Propor- ’01. Pro- Acid Sulphate 
Clay Sandy tion by portion Sulphate phos- Dried Nitrate of 
loam. loam. weight. by bulk. of potash. phate. blood. of soda. ammonia. 
Perct. Perct. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 
z 19 0 0 400 600 1000 0 0 
2 20 0 0 400 600 0 600 0 
3 21 0 0 400 600 850 100 0 
4 22 0 0 400 600 0 0 480 
5 23 5 5 400 600 1000 0 0 
6 24 5 5 400 600 0 600 0 
i's 25 D 5 400 600 850 100 0 
8 26 10 10 400 600 1000 0 0 
9 27 10 10 400 600 0 600 0 
nt) 28 10 10 400 600 850 100 0 
11 29 10 10 400 600 0 0 480 
12 30 15 15 400 600 1000 0 0 
13 31 15 15 400 600 0 600 0 
14 32 15 15 400 600 850 100 0 
15 33 20 20 400 600 1000 0 0 
16 34 20 20 400 G00 0 600 0 
17 35 20 20 400 600 850 100 0 
18 36 20 20 400 600 0 0 480 
37 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
41 39 be 3314 0 0 0 0 0 
42 40 * 3344 0 0 0 0 0 

*To the portions of soil which were numbered 39, 40, 41 and 42 the mannre was always applied 
at the rate of 334 per ct. by bulk. In 1898-99 this was equivalent to 14.7 per ct. by weight on the 
clay loam and 14.2 per ct. on the sandy loam. See Table II, 
SELECTING AND PLANTING THD SEED. 
The seed was selected and planted with the utmost care to 
secure plants as uniform as possible in natural vigor and habit 
of growth. To this end selection was also made of the little 
plants soon after the first leaves expanded. Four plants were 
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