ON CONTINUOUS CORN-GROWING AT TAXTON. 



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4-acre field. The former looked a bulkier crop on the ground 

 than the latter, but the yield was not in keeping with its appear- 

 ance while growing. Ordhiary rotation barley, in this neigh- 

 bourhood, was a very small crop in 1877, — in one instance so 

 small a return was got as 2 quarters 2 bushels per acre, although 

 the land had been well cultivated, and was in good order. 



As the 7-acre field was required in 1878 for turnips, it was 

 arranged that the experimental barley should for the future be 

 continued on the 4-acre field only. 



Eather more manure was applied to the 4-acre field last year 

 than was intended, owing to it l)eing distributed by the hand, 

 and the barley on that account was such a heavy crop that it 

 was all laid flat to the ground by the heavy rains w^hicli occurred 

 before harvest, and a considerable portion of the grain did not 

 ripen properly. The crop was reaped about the middle of Sep- 

 tember, and stacked in the 4-acre field, and thrashed by a 



