Norfolk Farming. 



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Top-dressing Wheat with Nitrate of Soda and Salt — continueil. 



1«54, 



Ciist of 

 Top- 

 dressing. 



.£. s. d. 



It) 



1 'i 6 



10 9 



1 7 

 1 12 

 18 6 



Yield of 



Corn 

 per Acre. 



Bus. pks. 



46 

 40 



47 I) 

 "^6 

 iH 

 52 1 

 49 2 



Increase 

 of Com 



Weight 

 per 



Increase of 



Straw- 

 over Exp. 

 No. 2. 



AVeight of 



Straw 

 per Acre. 



Cwt. St. lbs. Cwt. St. lbs. 

 4 2 



3 3 6 



1 "5 10 

 5 2 10 



8 4 8 



5 10 

 3 6 



6 12 







1 2 

 6 2 

 



Mem. — Six loads of farmyard manure per acre applied in July, 185 



1 1 



1 7 



10 



1 12 

 IS 



46 14 



36 68 



45 79 



43 93 



45 86 



40 24 



41 43 



40 23 



Mem. — Sown in two dressings in April. 



19 



1 4 



9 



1 9 



1 4 

 6 6 



31 

 26 

 34 

 35 

 28 

 30 



21 3 

 23 2 



3 



1 



18 44 



17 23 



20 110 



22 60 



17 22 



17 96 



15 46 



13 20 



13 38 



* This is the only experiment, out of more than 50, in which nitrate of soda has not produced an 

 increase, and usually a paying increase, of wheat; it will be observed that there was no salt used in 

 this instiince. The saltpetre diminished the yield 5 bushels per acre, and the salt, when applied 

 alone, at the rate of i\ cwt. per acre, also knocked off 3 bushels. The singular results of these three 

 closing experiments appear very unaccountable, being quite at variance with all the preceding. 



