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plete manure. It shows plainly you will obtain nothing from noth- 

 ing, and without manure no payable harvest. The following results 

 of manuring wheat with Thomas phosphate are also therein men- 

 tioned. M. Billiard, of Montiers, harvested without manure from 

 -an acre 1,520 lb., and manured with 800 Ib. of Thomas phosphate 

 ,2,560 lb., which represented a profit of about 5/1 2/ per acre. MM. 

 Munier and Marsal, of Baclonvillers, had only 496 lb. without 

 .manure and 1,472 lb. with 800 lb. of Thomas phosphate, netting 

 ,5/8/. M. J. Borey, of Trevey, had 1,240 lb. without manure 

 and 4,960 with 800 lb. of Thomas phosphate, netting 5/4/. M. G. 

 'Cornec, of Trevoacoc, had 656 lb. without manure and 1.367 lb. with 

 344 lb. of Thomas phosphate. M. Riomet, of Villeneuve sur Fere, 

 bad from "Mars" wheat 688 lb. without fertilisers and 1,760 lb. with 

 360 lb. of Thomas phosphate. M. Lallio, of Foulun, had with dung 

 alone 616 lb., and with dung and Thomas phosphate 1,648 lb. M. 

 Jacques, of Heillecourt, had, without fertilisers, 1,076 lb. ; with 480 

 >lb. an acre, 1,520 lb., and manured with 800 lb. of Thomas phosphate 

 and 80 lb. nitrate of soda, 2,252 lb. ; and on adding to the latter 160 

 3b. of muriate of potash, 2,976 lb. A good formula for medium 

 manuring for wheat in France would be per acre 8 cwt. of Thomas 

 phosphate, 80 lb. of muriate of potash, and 80 lb. of nitrate of soda. 



Mr. John Woolley, of Skimblecott Farm, Montgomeryshire, has 

 produced the "Big Wheat Crop" of 77 bushels per acre in 1896. 

 His farm consists of 346 acres, half of which he leaves in pasture. 

 ~Yet he made liberal purchases of bonemeal and superphosphate years 

 ago, and now uses annually from 40 to 60 tons of Thomas phosphate, 

 -and says : "A good phosphatic heart is the foundation of all profit- 

 able agriculture/' 



I may here mention that probably the biggest return from one 

 "bag of wheat was reaped in 1898 by Mr. Pfitzner on a river flat of the 

 Murray, above Morgan (about 9.24 in.), without any fertiliser, viz., 

 '90 bags. The land was never cropped before. This year he has 

 .again, on a similar flat, as good a crop. 



In many parts of Tasmania one manuring is expected to last 

 for three crops, viz., potatoes, wheat, and oats. Elsewhere the 

 ifarmer fallows, as at Spring Bay, Clarence, and Woodsdale, and is 

 -satisfied with 12 to 15 bushels per acre in a dry season like 1899-0. 

 In "Flowerdale they use 4 cwt. of bonedust or Thomas phosphate for 

 ^potatoes and expect 20 bushels of wheat as the next crop ; in East 

 Mersey up to 26 bushels. H. Young had at Longford belst results, 

 -viz., 23 bushels, with 1 to 11 cwt. Sydney bonedust, or with Thomas 

 vphosphate ; and G. Gill 22 bushels from 1J cwt. Huon guano. The 

 average per acre for 1898-9 was 27 bushels; for 1899-0, 17.12 bushels, 

 on respectively 85,287 and 64,328 acres. 



Before recording some of the trials with fertilisers in South 

 Australia, I give Professor Lowrie's recommendations, viz., generally 

 phosphatic manures alone in lots of about 2 cwt. per acre of bonedust, 

 foone or mineral superphosphate, Thomas phosphate, and phosphatic 



