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The whole table cannot l)e here reproduced, but 

 mended for a non-calcareous, free soil, will serve as 

 quantities are for one acre (reduced to) — 



Very heavy manuring. 

 lbs. 



Nitrogen 



the formula recom- 

 an example. The 



Phosphoric 

 Gypsum 



icid 



Professor Lagatu explains that the above are annual applications, but 

 that they may be advantageously replaced every third year by farmyard 

 manure, either alone (limy land) or accompanied by basic slag (non- 

 calcareous soil). 



Thanks to the courtesy of the management, I was supplied with some 

 interesting figures as to the quantities and nature of the manures applied 

 to the very large vineyards owned by the Compagnie des Salins du Midi, 

 a powerful company whose financial position permits it to employ the best 

 scientific and practical men obtainable. 



The vineyards owned by the company cover an area of several thousand 

 acres ; they are planted with ungrafted viniferas, the soil being of so 

 sandy a nature as to insure absolute protection from phylloxera. During 

 the 1906 season four different forms of manure were applied, viz., Engrais 

 aninialiscs, a concentrated commercial manure made from animal refuse; 

 fish guano (artificial) ; farmyard manure ; and sheep droppings. The 

 following table shows the chemical composition, quantity a])plicd per 

 .icri", \;(\. for each of these — 



• Pri)bahl<* pcrrPufaRO. 



