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that well dried shelled corn contains 11.1 per cent. (one-ninth) 
water, and well cured stover 14.3 per cent. (one-seventh) water, 
these proportions being considered fair averages,. 
TABLE 6.— Comparison of yields of corn (grain) from plots upon 
which different quantities of nitrogen were used. 
YIELD PER ACRE (11.1 % WATER). 






Plot Kinds and amounts 
Noa, of fertilizers per acre. 
é Comparative scale, 1,600 lbs. to the inch. lbs. 
Ibs. 
O, 00, : 1197 
000 | Nothing, ° NN OE , 
6, 6a, | | Dissolved boneblack, | 320 iP ee 
66, 6c) { Muriate of potash, . | 160° 77 
7; Mixed min. as plot 6, | 480 s 
8, 1 Mixed min. as plot 6, | 480 3 
TT! 14 Nitrogen, x ‘ OO 937 
9, | § Mixed min. as plot 6, | 480 ie 

From this table it appears that the yields of corn increased 
with the amount of nitrogen in the fertilizer until the- nitrogen 
in the latter reached 50 pounds per acre. When the nitrogen 
TABLE 7.—Vields of corn (grain) and stover by the use of fertilizers 
the use of mineral fertilizers alone, 
Plot 


No. Kinds and amounts of fertilizers per acre. ; annem 
| 
‘ Ibs. $ 
0, 00, “halal 
odo Nothing; é ; : ‘ Se Pee eR 
6, 6a, Dissolved boneblack, mixed 320) bras 
64, 6¢ Muriate of potash, minerals, 160 ag 
7. Mixed minerals. as plot 6,.. : ‘ : 480 | 
10, 13 Nitrogen (in different materials), ; . 25 ) 9-53 
; Mixed minerals, as plot 6, . : ; : 480 8 
II, 14 Nitrogen (in different materials), : : + so eas 
9, Mixed minerals, as plot 6, . : yaaa 480 6 
12,15 Nitrogen ‘in different materials), Vane 1D 43 

*In these tables the data from the plots having like kinds and amounts of fertilizers 
have been combined, and averages taken, 

