342 
REPORT OF THE FARM SUPERINTENDENT OF THE 
TABLE II. 
FERTILIZER AND Sor TEst—FIEevp G. 


Plat. 
‘Gs ofa 
SR SED 
&. 
NAME OF FERTILIZER. 
Sodium Mirae... me wacrtecesdeecis ce oe 
Ammoninumsulphate.s.csree. tees 
Barnvardilanurer cost svaek caee cone es 
Potassium NITVAterere. cee terees bones 
IN OtHIN Ouieaa waxieree oe anes eee ee ee 
Potassium Sulphate. ...0.e0)2.5 dees) 
Dissolved Bone Black................. 
Potassium Sulphate..................- 
NGOEMING sc4ie\ vnohe nts cneao agen nce sp cere 
{ Dis, Bone Black 16%. . 2012.0... 2249 
Sodinm Nita te 2. oy ees nse e ee eeas 
Potassium Sulph. 16%............... | 
Ammonium Sulphate 13% .......... J 
GY DSDIN ee ois oi pee ae ee tte 
‘Special for Winter and Spring Grain, 
Soluble Pacific Guano ................ 
INOEHINE sees Cees te aceniae ee en eee ee ate 


1-12 acre, lbs. 
5 petcad used on 
6634 
21 
21 



pound, 
cents. 
per 
Cost 

2.5 
3.5 
or 
1.3 
2.15 
0.4 
dollars. 
be per plat, 
woeses 
ecoecee 
1 44 
eotoee 

Hay harvested, lbs. 
435 
290 
276 
287 

DIscussION OF RESULTS. 
| Per cent increase 
over unmanured. 
eeeooe 
eeorsece 
23. 
eeseee 
In laying down these plats the intention was to take the aver- 
age of the three unmanured as a mean for comparison with those 
receiving various manures. 
There was a mistake in harvesting, 
and the products of the two O plats were weighed together. Fer- 
tilizers on plats M and N were not sown for some time after the 
others; hence any comparison with them now would be unfair and 
misleading. The comparison of yield from the F field plats shows 
* One horse load. 
a very marked increase of crop from the application of nitrogen in 
tAbout net cost when purchased in town. 
