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EEPURT ON THE APPLICA1ION OF SEWAGE. 



Nitrate of Soda. It was a most favourable season for the 

 Sewage, and the very reverse for the Nitrate, as the Spring was 

 very dry and parching. The result proves the great utility of 

 applying Sewage to Cereal crops in dry seasons. I can not but 

 regret that it did not occur to me to try the effect of water alone 

 on another plot. 



EXPERD1ENT ON WHEAT AFTER BEANS. 



18 64. 

 The soil of this field is of a rather strong character, such as 

 is commonly called wheat and bean land, and I was desirous to 

 try the effect of a small dressing of Sewage. For the sake of 

 comparison, I tried one plot with Nitrate of Soda, and another 

 with no manure. The extraordinary drought of the season was 

 of course in favour of the Sewage, but it seems to have told 

 against the whole crop, for it was certainly below the average. 

 The plots on this occasion were half an acre each. 



A mistake occurred about the Chaff in this experiment, and it was not 

 weighed. 



