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REPORT ON THE APPLICATION OF SEWAGE. 



TOWN SEWAGE APPLIED— 1 854. 



NEWLAXDS FARM, RUGBY. 



No. 



Acres 



17 



G* 



.>- 



•'j 



10 



11 



12 



9i 



*4 



2 

 6J 



Gallons 

 per Acre. 



2* 

 10 



10 



14 

 28 



17,619 



8,246 

 26,836 



26,000 

 26,000 



25,072 



62,576 



23,100 

 6,646 



I , I I * J 



29,160 

 14.230 



11,076 

 17,724 



12,800 



42,400 



7,836 



9,720 



Tons 

 per 



Acre 



78^ 



40 

 120 



116 



110 



112 



280 



103 



29J 



34; 

 130 



63f 

 49i 



79i 



S74 



189| 

 35 



43i 



When 

 applied 



OBSERVATION'S. 



March 



Sept. 

 Oct. 

 Nov. 



May 



May 



anil 

 June 



May 



June 

 and 



Sept. 



April 

 June 

 Nov. 

 Dec. 



March 

 31 

 to 



Nov. 3 



April 

 June 



March 

 25 to 29 



March 



Sept. 

 Oct. 



March 

 June 

 Sept. 



March 

 May 

 July 

 Dec. 



March 



Mav 



July 



\ug to 



Dec. 15 



March 



April 

 June 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 



Cut for hay, July 26, earned August 5th, about 

 1-j tons per acre. Most of the sewage put on 

 after hay was carried, then pastured. Not 

 very good. 



Spring Wheat sown March 1st, carried Sept. 8th, 

 crop below average. Slightly mildewed, 

 looked better after watering in May. 



Potatoes— light crop, small tubers. Seed 11 

 bags, crop 100 bags. 



Mangold, 2 acres— no other manure, grew well, 

 but small, about 9 tons to acre ; in same field 

 3 acres gave 15 tons to acre from Farm-yard 

 dung. 



Turnips, 4 acres — very poor crop indeed ; 12 

 drills in same field,* from Farm- yard dung, 

 gave a very fair crop. 



Old Pasture — no apparent results. 



Italian Rye-grass, sown June 16th, began to 

 cut Aug. 14th — first crop 10 tons to acre ; 

 kept 12 sheep 38 days, second crop. 



Tares, sown with manure in previous autumn — 

 uot good crop. 



Beans — good crop, 52 bushels per acre, no man- 

 ure, good loamy soil, newly drained. 



Meadow Hay, carried July 20th— lj tons to 



acre, newly drained. 

 Pasture after Hay — only middling. 



Old Grass, H acres, cut July 8th— 1 ton to acre. 

 1 acre Swedes, with 20 cwts. dung to acre- 

 good crop. 



Sown Grasses— poor crop, about 15 cwt. to acre. 

 Pasture — only middling. 



Hay from old Grass, carried Aug. 8th— 1^ tons 

 to Acre. 



Pasture after Hay— fair aftemiath 



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Hay. 14 acres, carried Aug. 11—1 ton to acre ; 

 drained previous year. 



Pasture, 14 acres and 14 aftermath— only mid- 

 dling keep. 



