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of 1864 was unfavourable. 1 feel certain that the result would 

 have been different had the experiment been carried out in a 

 more northern county. At the same time, having satisfied 

 myself, after some doubts, that the experiment was fairly carried 

 out, I think it only fair to publish the result. I mean, however, 

 to try this again, and if I have a different result to announce I 

 will do so. 



No. 3. Canadian oats, drilled in the second week in March : 

 3 cwts. of Peruvian guano were applied per acre, mixed with 

 3 cwts. of salt that had been used in the curing of fish. The oats 

 were cut in the last week of July ; and all along the result was 

 considered to be so much in favour of the manure that several 

 judges, practical men, put the manured crop at doiihle the 

 unmanured portion. The oats unmanured were not fit for the 

 scythe for one week after the others were ready. 



Table of Produce. 



Cost of manure per i of an acre — s. d. 



f . of a cwt. of guano 10 



f of a cwt. of fishery salt 1 7 



Application 3 



11 10 



s. d. 



Difference in favour of manure 9 5 



Loss per \ acre 2 o 



11 10 



1 have to thank my neighbours, for the very kind interest they 

 took in these experiments, and for superintending the operation 

 of weighing the produce. 



