44 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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 Corn in the ear is valued at 



Shelled corn, 



Wheat,. 



Barley and oats, . 



Hay and large potatoes, 



Mangolds, carrots and small potatoes, . 



Corn stover and straw, indiscriminately. 



Tobacco, ...... 



Ground bone, ..... 



Super-phosphate of lime. 



The lower figures in each division of the 35th column give 

 the increased value of product for each cord of manure applied, 

 on plot No. 1, or, in other words, they show the value of the 

 manure per cord. Column 36 gives the items as in 35, as they 

 apply to the plots numbered 2, where the manure was ploughed 

 into half the depth of No. 1. No. 37 shows the same in regard 

 to the plots numbered 3, where the manure was harrowed in. 

 Column 38 exhibits the same concerning plots No. 4, where the 

 manure was left on the surface. 



We are aware that the money values which have been chosen, 

 are all more or less open to objection, according to the locality 

 from wliich they are viewed. Tliis, however, is necessarily the 

 case with any scale of values, and therefore we have selected a 

 mean, as applying to the farmer who consumes the greater part 

 of his own products, and does not value his crops by the 

 fluctuating prices of distant markets. [See table commencing 

 on page 46.] 



We do not propose to comment at any length on the results 

 exhibited by the table. They are exceedingly interesting and 

 suggestive, and will bear a good deal of study. It will be seen 

 that the particular points for which the experiments were insti- 

 tuted are pretty strongly brought out, considering the few 

 experimenters engaged. We find that taking the three years 

 together, deep ploughing was the most remunerative 'in Nos. 

 8 and 14. The first was a light, leachy, and the last a retentive 

 soil. On closer examination we sec that in No. 8 there was a 

 regularly diminished product, as the manure was applied sujier- 



