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Account of E:(penments on the 



MODEL TURNIP 



Namft of 



Experiincntalist- 



County. 



Earl Spencer, 

 Chapel Bramp- 

 ton, Northamp- 

 ton. 



Mr. Thos. Ferri 

 jMannin»forcI 

 Bohun, Wilts. 



Mr. Benett, 

 Pyt House, Wilts. 



Mr. J. Stratton, 

 Mauningford 

 Bruce, Wilts. 



Ditto, ditto. 



Mr. Miles, 

 King's Weston, 

 Gloucestershire. 



Mr. Pusey 



Nature of Soil 



and 



Deplli. 



Light sandy 

 soil, subsoil 

 sandy gravel, 

 6 in. from 

 surface. 



Light sand, 

 substratum 

 green sand. 



Preceding 

 Crop. 



Barley 



Potatoes. 



Freestone, 

 grit. 



Clay soil, 

 subsoil 

 cinlk. 



Character and Quantity of 

 ]\Iauures. 



20 tons of dung. 

 20 bushels of bones. 

 26 bushels of Clark' 

 compost. 



Time of 

 Sowiu". 



1 2th June, 

 by drill, 

 27 in. in 

 ridge, 1 8 

 in. in level 



20 tons of horse-dung. 

 20 bushels of bones. 

 20 bushels of Poittevin. 



7th June. 



Barlev. 



Barley 



Light sand i 



soil, subsoil ; p^^^^^^^^ 



green sand | 

 & sandstone, i 



Sandy loam 

 u})on moun- 

 tain lime- 

 stone, shal- 

 low. 



A strong but 

 shallow loam 

 upon lime- 

 stone. 



Wheat. 



Wheat. 



20 tons of leaf dung 

 upon which sheep had 

 been folded. 



20 bushels of bones. 



20 bushels of Clark's 

 compost. 



1 cwt. of nitrate of soda, 

 mixed with 10 bushels 

 of coal-dust, per acre. 



3rd and 

 4th June. 



20 tons of horse-dung. 

 20 bushels of bones. 

 20 bushels of Poittevin. 



3rd June. 



20 tons of pig-dung. 

 20 bushels of bones. 

 20 bushels of Poittevin. 

 20 bushels of Clark. 



20 tons of dung. 



20 bushels of bones. 



26 bushels of Poittevin. 



20 tons of mixture, com- 

 posed of one-third of 

 glue-dross, one-third 

 of road-scrapings, and 

 one-third of coal-ashes. 



2nd Ji 



29th May. 



20 tons of dung. 



20 bushels of bones. 



26 bushels of Poittevin. 



3 cwt. of urate. 



3 cwt. of guano. 



20 bushels of joeat-ashes. 



lOlh July. 

 The 

 ground 

 having 

 been pre- 

 viously 

 too dry for 



