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REPORT ON THE APPLICATION OF SEWAGE. 



STATEMENT OF, INCREASE ON HALF AN ACRE OF BARLEY. 



18 64. 



Value of Sewage — No. 2 Plot, 3d. per ton. 

 No. 3 Plot, 9id. per ton. 



INCREASE ON HALF AN ACRE OF WHEAT. 



1864. 



Value of Sewage — No. 2 Plot, Id. per ton. 



No. 3 Plot, 3d. per ton, or nearly so. 



I have now given such of the results of my experience in 

 the application of Town Sewage to the farm as I think likely to 

 lie of use. That experience has extended over eleven years, 

 and although I fully appreciate the value of Sewage for certain 

 descriptions of crop, and under certain conditions, I do not think 

 I should be justified in recommending it for general adaptation 

 to the usual routine of the farm. It seems pretty evident to me 

 that the expense and trouble of applying it by means of pipes 

 to arable ground, would not be compensated by the increase of 

 the crop. Nor could it be applied with regularity on account of 

 the variable nature of our climate. To the dairy farmer for the 

 purpose of obtaining heavy crops of green forage, it will be 

 always useful, and by its application to grass lands, it may be 

 made of essential benefit to the community. There is no reason 

 w r hy the Sewage of all our towns should not be utilised in this 

 way, producing a larger supply of nutritious milk, and protect- 

 ing the water of our rivers and streams from pollution. 



