On the Manuring of Grass Land. 237 



' Where soot is easily available : — 



Soot, 8 cwt. (32 bushels), at OS £14 



Earth, 3 tons, at Is 3 



Bone-ash, 1 cwt., at 5s 5 



Common salt, 1 cvvt., at Is 10 



Sulphate of magnesia, 5 cwt., at 5s 2 6 



Mixing 10 



Turning once - .. .. 10 



Cartage and spreading 4 



£2 1 r. 



Malt-dust is available in some districts where it is not much 

 valued as food, and I have, therefore, formulated this substance 

 as manure : — 



Malt-dust, 6 cwt., at 4s. 6'/. per cv.-t. .. £1 7 



Earth, 2 tons, at Is 2 



Common salt, 1 cwt., at Is. 1 



Sulphate of soda, i cwt., at 5s 2 G 



Sulphate of magnesia, i cwt., at 5s 2 6 



Watering twice (liquid manure), at 6'/. . . 10 



Mixing, at Is 10 



Turning once, at Is 010 



Cartage and spreading, at Is 2 



£2 



I am acquainted witli an instance in which 200 lbs. of malt- 

 combs and 3^ cwt. of common salt per acre, applied early in Fe- 

 bruary, produced an excellent crop of grass ; but any such treat- 

 ment is taking- advantage of the land, and should not be repeated. 

 It is moreover bad farming to apply 3i- cwt. per acre of a soluble 

 substance, like common salt, when so much less is really needed 

 and will be equally efficient. 



The usual application of malt-dust here is from 400 to (300 lbs. 

 per acre, and it never fails to produce a good crop of grass. Salt 

 should always be used with it. 



Malt-dust is said to consist of — 



Organic substances 91"5 



Coirtaining nitrogen 4'i) 



Inorganic substances 8'5 



Containing potash and soda 2'0 



Lime and inagucsia 0*9 



Phosphoric acid ]"4 



Silica 3-G* 



If guano be employed, an economical and efficient method 

 appears to be the following: — 



Eest Peruvian guano, 2^ cwt , at 15s. .. £L 17 G 



Common salt, 1 cwt., at Is 10 



Sulphate of magnesia, i cwt., at 5s. .. 2 G 



Earth, 1 ton, at Is 010 



Mixing and spreading 1 



* Stockhardt, p. 1G8. 



