488 Report OF THE HORTICULTURIST OF THE 
The commercial fertilizers were used on the clay loam witheut 
manure, Soil 7; with manure, Soil 10; and with manure and sand, 
Soil 11. The manure was used with the clay loam, but without 
commercial fertilizers in the case of Soil 16, and with the clay 
loam and sand but without commercial fertilizers in the case of 
Soil 17. : 
The commercial fertilizers were used on the sandy loam without 
manure, Soil 8, and with manure, Soil 9. The manure was used 
with the sandy loam but without commercial fertilizers in the case 
of Soil 15. : 
The selection and planting of the seeds and the selection and 
management of the plants were the same for all the soils as for 
Soils 7 to 11 an account of which may be found on pages 475 and 
476. The manner of preparing these soils and the character of 
their ingredients are given on pages 472-474. The acid phos- 
phate and sulphate of potash were applied when the soils were 
mixed. The nitrate of soda was first applied in solution around 
each plant at the rate of 33 1-3 pounds per acre about 5 weeks 
after the seed was planted. Similar applications were made each 
week for 11 weeks, making the total nitrate of soda which was 
used amount to 866 pounds per acre. After the plants had grown 
sufficiently to cover the ground the nitrate of soda was no longer 
applied to each plant, but the required amount for each plat was 
supplied through the tiles which were used for subwatering. 
Stable manure or commercial fertilizers.— The records of the 
soils which received commercial fertilizers, instead of stable ma- 
nure, may be compared in the following table with the records of 
the corresponding soils which received stable manure instead of 
commercial fertilizers. 
