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The Saxmundham rotation experiments: rotation II, 1899–1952

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. A. Boyd  and
P. J. O. Trist
D. A. Boyd
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts.
P. J. O. Trist
Affiliation:
N.A.A.S., Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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The rotation II experiment at Saxmundham, which ran from 1899-1952, was designed to show how limited quantities of FYM, N and P could best be allocated to the crops of a four-course rotation; there were also tests of additional quantities of N and P. Both FYM and P fertilizer gave large increases in the yield of all crops, but the profitability of the rotation as a whole proved to be little affected by which crops received FYM or P fertilizer. The rates of N tested were too small to provide any information relevant to current farm practices. The optimal dressing of P fertilizer at 1965 prices was 0.5-0.6 cwt. P2O6 per acre.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 66 , Issue 3 , June 1966 , pp. 337 - 339
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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