FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH FERTILIZERS. 165 
than on the other plots, and the crop there seemed to suffer more 
from the effects of the drouth. Nitrogen (from nitrate of soda) 
seemed to give the greatest increase of crop in this experiment, 
although all three of the fertilizing ingredients appeared to be 
somewhat lacking in the soil. 
SOIL TEST WITH FERTILIZERS ON CORN. 
By ech M. HULL, MADISON. 
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YIELD SHELLED CoRN PER ACRE. 








= FERTILIZER. PW) 
¥ Lbs. 
7, Kind. per Comparative Scale. Bu. 
, Acre. 
O, Nothing, = = oS EES RE TTS PLC EE ES EE ETI 49.7 
A, Nitrate of Soda, =~ TOO ‘SRR Ee SA NE RET WYO REE ES 52.4 
B, Dis. Bone-black, - | 320 | qeemmsnenenesesran=ssn ee t= 0S Filey 
cA Muriate of Potash, |160 | smmmemmuenessnenEEC 50.4 
D Nitrate of Soda, - |160) 
: Dis. Bone- black, =< (320° | (> 
Nitrate of Soda, - |160 
eo Muriate of Potash, 160 sr 
Dis. Bone-black, 320 
ee Muriate of Potash, 160 pp 
Nitrate of Soda, - |160 
<5. Dis. Bone- black, - 1320 SEPSIS EE ATR PRE APE OT 40.9 
Muriate of Potash, |160 
oO, Nothing, x = — EOE SRA BR IO 39.8 
ot Gf scda 125) 
H, | Ammonite, - - |100! 
; Muriate of Potash, |200 [| = 
Ls. Cr Dis. R’ k Phos., 350 J | 
P. Cooper’s Bone, - |300 
} Nitrate of Soda, se 175 EEL IG TILT A IE ST TE I EE 52.4 
| Muriate of Potash, 200 ) | 
K, Dry ground Fish, - |510 } 41.5 


Muriate of Potash, |200 § | 



EXPERIMENT BY J. D. KELSEY. 
The experiment by Mr. Kelsey was on a light loam soil with a 
sandy to gravelly subsoil. Rye was grown on the field in 1893, 
and at the same time the field was seeded to grass but failed to 
“catch.” The soil of the field was quite uneven in texture and 
the drouth affected the plots unequally. 
On the whole nitrogen gave the most striking results. Phos- 
phoric acid and potash alone gave no increase over the nothing 
plot near by, although the nitrate of soda (A) plot gave an 
increase of 10.5 bushels over the nothing plot adjoining. 
