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however, was made, with reference to the quantity of barn- 

 yard manure applied per acre to plats I. and II., to ascer- 

 tain the limit of its usefulness. Plat I. was top-dressed 

 with barn-yard manure at the rate of 8 tons and Plat II. at 

 the rate of G tons per acre. Plat III. received, as in previous 

 years, as top-dressing GOO pounds of tine-ground bone and 

 200 pounds of muriate of potash per acre. The barn-yard 

 manure was applied during the autumn and winter ; the bone 

 and potash early in the spring. Plat IV. received, as before, 

 a top-dressing of wood ashes at the rate of 1 ton per acre 

 early during the spring. 



All plats were cut as far as practicable at the same time, 

 with the following results : — 



Yield of Hay for the Year 1891. 



The dry season has evidently seriously reduced the yield, 

 as compared with the preceding year. 



