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the plough. Also on the same day I manured an acre next to 

 them, with the manure from the open court, which had been 

 lying for some months in a large heap on the field. The dung 

 was equally well made ; each acre got the same quantity, and 

 also the same amount and quality of artificial manure. The 

 turnips came away very well, and were all singled on the 13th 

 of June. They were at that time splendid plants, being all very 

 equal and healthy. They were all worked at the same time, and 

 in the same way, getting all the same chance in every respect. 

 They were furred up with the double furred-plough in the middle 

 of November, then left till about the middle of February 1879, 

 when the three different parts were lifted and carefully weighed. 

 Some of them were sold at 22s. per ton when lifted, the others 

 being used on the farm Xo. 1, or the acre which was manured 

 with the dung taken straight from the house, w^eighed 22 tons 4:^ 

 cwts., calculating at the price obtained at the time, namely 22s. 

 per ton, which comes about £24, 9s. per imperial acre, being 

 £1, 19s. 9:^d. more than the lot No. 2, which was manured with 

 that taken out of the house in January, and left on the dung- 

 hill in the field for about four months, and applied to the turnip 

 drills in a similar manner. No. 2 was lifted and removed from 

 the field at the same time, as the former was weighed accurately, 

 and only made 20 tons 9 cwts., being 1 ton 15 J cwts. less than 

 the manured part, which was driven straight from the house. 



No. 3, or the part dunged from the open courts next to the 

 others, was lifted and weighed similarly ; it was, however, much 

 the smaller crop, being only 17 tons 5^ cwts., making it 3 tons 

 3 J cwts. less than No. 2, and 4 tons 19 cwts. less than No. 1, or 

 that which was manured straight from the covered house, 

 making £5, 9s. less than No. 1, and £3, 9s. 2|d. less than No. 2. 

 Examples No. 1 raised 22 tons 4?7 cwts. at 22s. per ton, £24, 9s. 

 per imperial acre ; No. 2 raised 20 tons 9 cwts. at 22s. per ton, 

 £22, 9s. 2Jd. ; No. 3 raised 17 tons oh cwts. at 22s. per ton, 

 £19. 



It will be seen by the foregoing the great importance of covered 

 courts for manure making alone, besides the decided advantage 

 to feeding. The cattle really feed very much better and ([uicker 

 than they do in the open courts, the heat being such a benefit. 

 The year 1878 was an exceptional good season for turnips in 

 this district, but as tliey all got the same chance in every 

 ^respect, the different ways of manure- making was the only 

 difference in the three separate parts hereby tested. 



In reference to the barley crop the next year, the house -made 

 manure was considerably the l)etter. The No. 1 came again to 

 the front; but 1879 being a very wet, backward, bad year, the 

 barley was a poor cro}), as wt^ll as very bad quality. It was 

 sown on the lOth of April, and cut on the 20tli of ^September. 



