LIME AND VARIOUS ARTIFICIAL MANURES. 



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Description of Manures. 



I. Fish guano, . . . 



Superphosjjhate, . . 



Dissolv^ed bones, . . 



Suljahate of potash, . 



II. Sulphate of ammonia, 

 Superphosphate, . 

 Dissolved bones, . 

 Sulphate of potash, 



III. Peruvian guano, . 

 Superphosphate, . 

 Dissolved bones, . 

 Sulphate of potash, 



IV. Nitrate of soda. 

 Superphosphate, . 

 Dissolved bones, . 

 Sulphate of potash. 



Cwt. 



2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



1 

 3 

 2 

 2 



2 

 3 



2 

 2 



1 

 3 

 2 



Am- 

 monia. 



3-00 



3-35 



2-88 



2-77 



Total 

 Phos- 

 phates. 



Potash. 



21-10 



19-50 



25-60 



19-50 



7-50 



7-50 



-50 



Quantity 



applied, 



cwts. 



5 to 6 



5 „ 6 



5 „ 6 



5 „ 6 



Price 

 per 

 cwt. 



7/6 



7/6i 



^h 



VH 



I have found these mixtures give very good results. I have 

 tried double the ammonia contained in any of them, and found it 

 grew a large " flush " of sliaws, rough at the neck, with small, 

 fibrous, and not nearly so nicely " fleshed " builds as the turnips 

 grown by any of those mixtures mentioned in the list. I have 

 also tried superphosphate along with farm-yard manure, without 

 the addition of any nitrogenous compound, but found they came 

 very slowly to the hoe, and did not bulb nearly so well. The 

 source of ammonia is pretty much a matter of cost, but I would 

 prefer fish guano to any of those I have mentioned in the list, if 

 the prices were equal, I have only tried it two years, but found 

 that both season 1877 (which was a very trying season for the 

 crops) and season 1878 it has given capital results. It contains 

 9 per cent, of nitrogenous compounds, and 14 per cent, of 

 phosphates, at a cost of 9s. per cwt. delivered. The chemist who 

 analysed my samples reported both nitrogen and phosphates to 

 be in a fine condition, so as to be readily assimilated by the 

 plants. I have tried it both years against Peruvian guano and 

 sulphate of ammonia, and found that the turnips manured with 

 it came away quite as fast at first as the other two, and when the 

 crop was grown little or no difference could be detected, I have 

 given up using nitrate of soda for turnip mixture, as I have 

 found it rather inclined to run the turnips too much to sliaw, 

 and to grow the bulbs softer, with a tendency to dry rot. 



I have applied artificial manure in various ways to this crop, 



