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28, and in the fear of giving it too little it probably got rather 

 much. In future experiments it is proposed to weigh out the 

 dung for each plot. Table VI. gives the weight of bulbs obtained 

 from each plot expressed as cwts. per acre. 



In both seasons the turnips were thoroughly ripe on all the 

 plots, and therefore little information could have been obtained 

 from weighing the leaves. 



The results for both seasons will be best discussed in relation 

 to the objects mentioned at the beginning of this paper. These 

 were — 



I. To make a practical Analysis of the Soil. — It is evident 

 that the wants of the soil should be more distinctly indicated 



Table VI. 



Table VII. 

 Nitrogen ivithout Dung. 



