20G APPLICATION OF MANURE. 



Mamirefor an Acre of Hops. 



s. d. £. s. d. 



1 cwt. guano, at 8 per cwt .... 8 



1 5 cwt. superphosphate of lime, at 8 6 ,, ,, ....012 9 



1 cwt. common salt 1 ,, ,, .... 1 



1 cwt. pearlash, or equal value of 



silicate of potash 38 ,, ,, .... 1 18 



5 cwt. gypsum 1 6 ,, , 9 



Cost per acre £Z 6 



Experience, however, alone can prove whether the above 

 manures are adapted for the end proposed, and they are 

 proposed therefore as subjects of experiment merely. 



Jo^lr. of the R. A. S. E. vol. vii. part 1. 



Art. XLVIII.— application OF MANURE. 



The Crops to which Farm-yard Manure can be most bene- 

 ficially APPLIED, WITH THE BEST TIMES AND MODES OF APPLI- 

 CATION. 



[Darlington Farmers' Club.] 



Mr. Walton, who introduced the subject, said. Farm-yard 

 manure is very fi'equently applied to the fallow land for the 

 benefit of the wheat, but not always successfully ; and some 

 have even g-one so far as to say that it has done harm to the 

 wheat crop. I have no doubt but that farm-yard manure is 

 generally beneficial to the wheat crop ; but one of the main 

 questions is, how and when to apply it to the greatest 

 advantage ? In these times, when we have portable manures, 

 generally miscalled by the name of artificial manures, which 

 act not only as a stinndant, but which really continue to 

 benefit the succeeding crops, we are set quite at liberty to 

 apply the farm-yard and home-manufactured manure to the 

 purpose for which it is best suited, provided that we know 

 how we may apply it most beneficially. My impression is, 

 that when disappointment arises from the results of its 

 application, that it miy not have been applied in the most 

 judicious manner. I have known the wheat crop fail when 



