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The plats given above as an illustration were fertilized as 
follows : 
Plat I. Sulphate of potash. 
Plat III. Acid phosphate. 
Plat XII. Sulphate of potash, sulphate of ammonia and acid 
phosphate. 
Plat XV. Nothing. : 
Plat XVIII. Sulphate of ammonia. 
Besides the above reported plats there were also 24 other plats 
newly laid down to ray grass (Lolium italicum), the fertilization 
being the same as in the preceding case. No difference in com- 
position could be found in this experiment which could be attrib- 
uted to the effect of the fertilizers used. | 
The present season the experiment has been again repeated. The 
farm superintendent, Mr. Emery, made the application of similar 
fertilizing materials to a number of trial plats, and while in bloom 
samples of these grasses were taken by him for analysis. The 
grasses* from a portion of these plats have been analyzed and 
those examined were fertilized, on the sod, as below: 
Plat A. Sodium nitrate. 
Plat B. Ammonium sulphate. 
Plat C. Barn manure. 
Plat D. Potassium nitrate. 
Plats E, J. and O. Nothing. 
Plat F. Potassium sulphate. 
Plat G. Muck. 
- Plat H. Bone black. 
* Reference to the report of the farm superintendent;,will show ‘more 
fully the real nature and purpose of this experiment, 
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