360 REporT OF THE FARM SUPERINTENDENT OF THE 
Of course the previous treatment of these plats has had a great 
influence on the crop just produced from them, notwithstanding 
the manuring at the beginning of the experiment. This influence 
will gradually wear away with that of the manure with which all 
were treated alike, and then the effect of the continued applica- 
tion of different fertilizing elements should begin to tell in more 
marked differences than appear in this crop. 
Below are the fertilizers applied and crops produced on these 
plats for the time they have been under experiment. For some 
years previous to the dates given all the plats were turfed : 
