New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 8347 
Discussion oF RESULTS. 
It will be seen by the above notes that plats L, M,N and O 
were thrown out of a fair comparison by the late replanting of two 
rows in each. 
The rainfall for the first twelve days after sowing the oats 
amounted to 13 inches. This precipitation came mostly in light 
showers. Only once, on the 12th, was there fall enough to 
have carried the nitrate down below the reach of oat roots, even 
if that were sufficient. Again on the 19th, 25th and 29th there 
were considerable falls which could have helped materially to 
hold the main portion of the nitrates down below the reach of the 
roots. 
Whether this was the case or not, the easily soluble nitrogenous 
manures on plats A, B and D did not seem to have any effect on 
the growth up to June second, but two weeks later, after a 
comparatively dry period in which the direction of the soil water 
movement was undoubtedly upward, they were, with plats C and 
K, leading the field in size andin the dark green color of the 
leaves. 
These plats held the leading position in growth throughout the 
remainder of the season, and the straw was somewhat green at 
harvest. That of plat D was a little later than either of the two 
on which only nitrogen was applied. Plat K occupied nearly an 
intermediate position between the above nitrogen manured plats 
and plats C, E, F,G and J, which ripened uniformly with the 
intermediate strips on the north part of field which was sown 
on the same day. ' 
The oats on plat H ripened faster than on any other, and 
were closely followed by those on plat I. The two ripened 
so much ahead of others as to be noticed by the most casual 
observation. 
The oats on plats K, L, M, N and O, and the south part of the 
field were sown two days later than the other plats and north por- 
tion. A part of this south portion contains a shallow “run,” or — 
hollow, in which the oats grew very rank, and there was conse- 
quently less evenness in ripening than on the north part of the 
field. This hollow did not reach the plats; hence only the com- 
parison of growth is affected by it. 
