Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1890 [PAGE 261]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

DIAGRAM SHOWING E F F C T O F F E R T I L I Z E R S U P O N Y I E L D O F W H E A T .

Fertilizer per acre. Qu'ntity Bu.

Yield of wheat per acre.

Name.

One bushel to one-tenth inch.

Station grounds 1889-90. Stable m a n u r e . . 20 loads *None ... Cattle tankage.. 400 lb. Superphosphate 40 i lb. Superphosphate. 400 lb. } Nitrate of soda.. 100 lb. f Superphosphate 400 lb. [ Muriate of p'tash 100 lb. J None Nitrate of soda . 100 lb. Muriate of p'tash 100 lb. Nitrate of soda.. 100 lb. ( Muriate of p'tash 100 lb. i Flora, Clay Go. 1888-89. iNone.

15.11 23 23.8 22.51

23.7

19.8 15.8 17.3 14.3 21.8

27.2 8.75

Flora, Clay Co., 1889-90.' Stable manure.. 20 loads Cattle t a n k a g e . . 400 lb. None Superphosphate. 400 lb. Superphosphate. 400 lb. i 15.3 Sulphate of p't'sh 200 lb. < None Superphosphate. 400 lb. Superphosphate. 400 lb. ) Sulphate of p't'sh 200 lb. [ 21.3 Nitrate of soda.. 100 lb. ) None 13.2 Nitrate of soda.. 100 lb. 10.7 Sulphate of p't'sh 200 lb. 10.9 None 11.7 Nitrate of soda.. 100 lb. I 15.5 Sulphate of p't'sh 200 lb. j Nitrate of soda.. 100 lb. ) Sulphate of p't'sh 200 lb. f 15 None 14.6 Nitrate of soda.. 100 lb. 15 Sulphate of p't'sh 200 lb. 12 Marion Co., near Farina, 1889-90. Cattle tankage.. 400 lb. Stable m a n u r e . . 20 loads None Superphosphate. 400 lb. None

Superphosphate. 400 lb.'

7.1 7 3.8 6.6 3.6 5.7