. The cereals in America. Grain. 2IO THE CEREALS IN AMERICA of the North Central States, maize has been raised continuously for many years with success when more or less frequent applica- tions of stable manure have been made. The Illinois Station raised maize continuously for twenty years upon a black friable prairie soil. The average annual yield from the plat receiving no fertilizers was, during the last eight years of this period (1888- 1895), bushels; from the plat receiving commercial fertilizer, bushels, and from the plat receiving stable manure, bushels. A six-course rot
. The cereals in America. Grain. 2IO THE CEREALS IN AMERICA of the North Central States, maize has been raised continuously for many years with success when more or less frequent applica- tions of stable manure have been made. The Illinois Station raised maize continuously for twenty years upon a black friable prairie soil. The average annual yield from the plat receiving no fertilizers was, during the last eight years of this period (1888- 1895), bushels; from the plat receiving commercial fertilizer, bushels, and from the plat receiving stable manure, bushels. A six-course rotation, maize, two years; oats, one year;. In referring to the different sections o* the United States the nomenclature of the United States Census Bureau is followed, as shown above. Northern States include North Atlantic and North Central States, and Southern States include South Atlantic and South Central States. and clover, three years, was carried out during twenty years as uniformly as the exigencies of the clover catch would permit. During the last eight years five comparisons as to increase of yield, both first year and second year after clover, could be made with the plat continuously in maize and receiving no fertilizer. The average increase the first year was twenty bushels and the second year bushels per acre. In a similar comparison, where maize alternated with oats, the average increased yield 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 Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927. New York, O. Judd company;
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