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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Hybrid Barleys in Plots op -^ Acre. 



The Use of Barn-yard Manure for Barley. 



In dry seasons and on light land, it has always been found on this farm that manure 

 applied to a grain crop either with spring- or fall-ploughing has generally the effect of 

 lessening the yield for the first year, no doubt this is owing to the land being kept too 

 loose, allowing moisture to escape. The past season was no exception to this rule, and 

 the following tables show considerable loss from the use of barn-yard manure, which was 

 well rotted. To avoid this difficulty, manure should be applied the previous winter to 

 land intended for summer- fallow, it is then thoroughly incorporated with the soil before 

 the grain is sown. 



Barley was sown with a hoe drill, eight pecks per acre, not bluestoned ; sown on 

 14th May on plots of -^ acre. 



Name of Variety. 



Odessa 



No manure 



Rotted manure. 



When 

 Ploughed. 



Spring, 



Fall.. 



Spring. 



bo 



o.s 



S 3 

 I* 



87 

 77 

 87 



o«2 



to 



a 



CD 

 Hi 



In. 



27 

 23 

 24 



Ripe. 



Aug. 6.. 

 July 30. 

 Aug. 6. . 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Bush. lbs. 



33 



29 

 28 



16 

 18 

 06 



« 



lbs. 



46 

 46 



45 



Field Crops of Wheat and Barley. 



