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The conclusion here seems to be that, as far as regards physical 

 characteristics, unaided by analytical information, there is on the 

 average, very little difference between the produce of the various 

 plots, and that certainly nitrate of soda, even in heavy dressings, 

 produces no deleterious effect on the market value of the hops. 



The average economy of the various manurial dressings, from 

 the grower's point of view, is perhaps best seen from a statement of 



the value of the crop, based on the acreage yield and the price put 

 upon the samples in the market, for the seven years in which the 

 valuation was made. 



On the whole the most profitable results from the farmer's 

 point of view, during these last seven years, have been on the average 

 produced by the large dressing of 8 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre. 

 Such large dressings as this, however, would not be given where 

 dung and other miscellaneous nitrogenous fertilisers are used from 

 time to time. 



The experiments of the German Hop Growers' Society, carried 

 out under the direction of Professor WAGNER, of Weihenstephan, have 



