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Diagram tlustrating the method of dividing the experimental 
field into plots, and the kinds and amounts of 
Sertilizers used on each plot. 
Each plot is 2724 feet long by 20 feet wide. The unmanured strips separat- _ 
ing the adjoining plots are 3 feet wide. The weights 
of the fertilizers are per acre. 











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WEST. 
In the experiments with grasses previous to 1895, each of 
these plots was fertilized in the manner just described year 
after year, and the same crop—mixed grasses—was grown on 
allof them. In the experiments with corn, cow peas, and SOY 
beans, which have been carried out on the same plots since 
