64c 



MANUAL FOR SUGAR GROWERS. 



Oats £1 9 10 



Wheat. 18 7 



Barley 16 1 



Hay (clover) 2 13 



Hay (meadow) 1 8 7 



Mangels 5 



Turnips (wliite) 4 



In the following table analyses of farm-yard ma- 

 nure by various chemists are given : 



COilPOSITION OF FARM-YAKD OR PeN MANURE PER 100 



Parts. 



In applying pen manure to the land it is neces- 

 sary to cover it thoroughly; this is best done by 

 ploughing it in or by covering it during the process 

 of raising the banks or " holeing : " unless it is 

 buried its condition-gi\dng or mechanical action, 

 the importance of w^hicli must be recognized, is not 

 f Lilly exercised. The quantity to be a23plied should 

 be about twenty tons per acre. 



Where the quantity of pen manure produced on 

 an estate is insufficient to cover the whole area to 

 be planted, that portion receiving no pen manure 



