. Character and treatment of swamp or muck soils [microform]. Améliorations foncières; Drainage; Reclamation of land; Zones humides; Drainage; Wetlands. tamed on the first series of plots. No. 1-7, arc omitted, because the gram was not threshed on account of being t(X) badiv IcKlged in some cases to make clean threshing possible with a tlail. 'but the cut here given illustrates clearly and in a most emphatic manner the beneficial results of fertilizers on the oat plots. On the succeeding plots \os 8 to 14, some excellent results were obtained. Early DaulKnev Oats were sown at the rate of 2 bus
. Character and treatment of swamp or muck soils [microform]. Améliorations foncières; Drainage; Reclamation of land; Zones humides; Drainage; Wetlands. tamed on the first series of plots. No. 1-7, arc omitted, because the gram was not threshed on account of being t(X) badiv IcKlged in some cases to make clean threshing possible with a tlail. 'but the cut here given illustrates clearly and in a most emphatic manner the beneficial results of fertilizers on the oat plots. On the succeeding plots \os 8 to 14, some excellent results were obtained. Early DaulKnev Oats were sown at the rate of 2 bushels per acre. The plot No 8 showed a weak, short straw, about 65 per cent, of the grain Io<lging Hat. The gram was light and |)oorly FIO. 7.—Oats on Plot No. 4. fertilized with Potash and Phosphoric acid. Plot No 9, fertilized with .Muriate of potash alone in 1908. gave a thniner stand and shorter straw than the next plot, \o. 10 The heads were not as well filled, the yield, however, being 25 bushels per acre, an increase of bushels over the unfertilized. Plot No. 10, fertilized with both Muriate of potash and Basic slae {"^^^ V?'\^ ?°°''' *''"' •'^''^y '*^"^' ^^'th not much tendency to lodge. The heads w-cre well filled and matured, and the grain hard. The yield was 28,23 bushels per acre, thus showing an increase of ^ bushels over the application of potash alone. Plot No. II. fertilized with Muriate of potash alone, in loog gave a better crop than the one fertilized with potash in 1908, but not as. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gamble, W. P; Slater, A. E; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : Dept. of Agriculture
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