274 ON DRESSING GRASS LAND. 



Marl, 24 tons per acre, applied April 10th. 



ton. cwt. qr. lb. £ x. rl. 



Produce 9 1 8 Cost of marl 2 9 10 



A decrease of . . 3 1 4 Value of decrease .... 1 li 1 .^ 



Total loss.. i;3 2 11 1 



Salt, 2 bushels, per acre, applied March 23rd. 



ton. cwt. rjr. lb. £ g. il. 



Produce 7 1 16 Cost of salt .... 4 4 



A decrease of . . 5 24 Value of decrease 1 D 



Total loss.. £\ 'o \ 



The following' table will show the advantage the 9 cwt. of 

 giiano has over the 5 cwt. and the 3 cwt. per acre : — 



ton. cwt. qr. lb. 



The extra produce of cwt. . . 1 3 3 20 



Ditto 5 cwt... 13 1 IG 



Balance of 9 cwt. over 5 cwt.. 10 2 4 Value.. £2 2 1^ 



The extra produce of .5 cwt. 

 Ditto 3 cwt. 



Balance cf 5 cwt. over 3 cwt. 11 3 8 Value.. £2 7 3 



ton. cwt. qr. lb. 

 Here 9 has the balance over 5 of 1 1 12 Value.. £4 4j 



It is thus proved, hy the above, that only two out of the 

 eig'ht dressings will meet their expense, that of the 9 and 

 the 5 cwt. of g-iiano to the acre; and this also shows that 

 a little will not do. People are very liable to err by trying- 

 small quantities : they say, we will try 1 cwt. to the acre, 

 and, if we profit by that, we will try more next 3'ear; but 

 when the}^ com})are the produce with the expense, they find 

 the}'' are great losers, and the manure is condemned. Manure 

 is to the soil what medicine is to the human frame. For 

 instance, we may have an inward complaint, and take one 

 pill to cure it ; to-morrow, being- no better, we take another; 

 next day the same, and so on, perhaps, for twelve months; 

 but if one dose does no good, and we take three, we get 

 relief almost immediately, and the cure is certain : this is on 

 account of the more powerful stimulus : had we taken it in 

 time, one ])ill might have proved etlectual; but we ne- 

 glected it till it got too deep a hold, and beyond the power 

 of one, and therefore it required three. It is exactly the 

 same with this poor land ; it lias got beyond the power of 



