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was‘ any time benefited, and I have reason to believe, 
that it would have been as good a crop without the 
. plaister. I havé never tried it on any other small grain. 
Grasses. TY have generally used it on red clover. I 
have also sown it'on mixed grass, as white clover, blue 
grass and timothy, always to good effect. 
‘Query 8. What is the best time to scatter it? 
‘Answer. 1 generally sow it in ‘April, but have also 
applied it in June, after mowing the first crop; the effect 
nearly the same. 7 
‘Query 9. What is the greatest product per acre you 
have known by the means of plaister ? 
Answer. 1 once mowed eighteen tuns from five acres: 
the clover was sown with oats on old ground ; the oats 
was no more than a middling crop. Fifteen bushels of 
plaister were sown after raking the stubble in April, 
and the grass cut the June following. 
IT have frequently got two and a half tuns per acre, 
never less than one and a half tuns ; the second crop is 
generally one third less. I have indeed heard-of much 
more abundant crops of grass; but asI believe youdo not 
admit hear say evidence, J shall not trouble you with it, 
Query 10. Have you ever used it in connexion with 
other manures, and what ?—does it agree with lime ? 
and what effect has a connexion with other manures 
produced superior to the plaister alone ? 
Answer. T have not used plaister in immediate con- 
nexion with other manures till this spring. On about an 
acre manured with barn yard dung, which was planted 
with potatoes last year without dung, was sown barley 
and clover, and immediately after three bushels of 
N.S. plaister. I this spring also sowed barley and clo- 
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