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EXPERIMENTS ON TURNIPS. 



[AppendtXt 



No. 



ORCHARD FIELD. 



Description of Manures used. 



Quantity 

 applied 



per 



imperial 



Acre. 



Produce { Produce ot 

 of Bulbs, |Bulb9, loppe 

 topped dt 



tailed, per 



imp. Acre. 



and tailed, per 



imperial 



acre. 



Ccst of Manure 

 per imperial 



Acre,iuclading 

 carriage and 

 putting on. 



jPeat and Night-soil, mixed. . , 



[Gypsum 



jCarbonate of Lime 



iSulphate of Ammonia 



JQuicklime , 



Soot , 



[Sulphur 



limitation of Daniel's mixture. 



I Wood Charcoal Powder 



Fresh Animal Charcoal 



[Exhausted Animal Charcoal. . 



iTurnbuU's Humus. 



Bones diss, in Muriatic Acid. . 



iBaroehan Artificial Guano 



iTurnbuU's do. do 



INatural Guano 



jSalt and Quicklime, mixed, , 



I 3 months old ' 



iSoot 



Potash and Lime mixed, 14 , 



I months old ' 



iQuick lime 



j Wood-ashes 



jBone dust 



JRape-dust 



jWooilen Rags 



Farm-yard dung 



Nothing 



lbs. 



4800 

 4060 

 4640 



20 tons. 



5 cwt. 

 20 bush. 



1 cwt. 

 20 bush. I } 4320 

 20 bush. 



6 lbs. 

 50 bush. 

 50 bush. 

 10 cwt. 

 10 cwt. 

 50 bush. 

 10 cwt. 



3 cwt. 

 3 cwt. 

 3 cwt. 



50 bush. 



50 bush. 



50 bu^ 



50 bush. 

 50 bush. 

 40 bush. 



1 ton. 



1 ton. 

 20 tons. 



3980 

 4400 

 4240 

 5920 

 5560 

 4800 

 5200 

 4960 



6560 



4240 



4480 



4400 



3200 

 3600 

 4160 

 4000 

 3920 

 5200 

 3440 



tons. cwt. qrs. 

 17 2 3 

 14 11 2 

 16 U 2 



14 J3 



15 14 

 15 2 

 21 2 

 19 17 

 -7 2 

 18 11 

 17 14 

 14 11 

 23 8 



15 8 2 



15 2 3 



16 

 15 14 I 



11 8 i. 



12 17 . 

 14 17 1 

 14 5 3 

 14 

 18 11 2 

 12 5 3 



£. s. d. 



6 12 



12 6 



3 



1 12 



2 

 15 

 2 10 



15 



1 

 1 17 



9 9 



1 5 

 5 10 10 



8 10 



9 9 

 10 10 



2°. Results of Experiments with various Substances used as manures for growing .fiar/t; 

 Liverpool Yellow Turnips, sown 9th June, and lifted 2d December, 1842. The quantity of 

 land in eacfi plot was one eighth of an imperial a-cre. 



No. 



BERRIE KNOWES FIELD. 



Description of Manures used. 



Natural Guano at 25s. 



Wood-ashes 



Barochan Artificial Guano 



Wood-ashes 



Rape-dust 



Turnbull's Artificial Guano 



Wood ashes 



Soil simple 



Turnbull's Humus 



Bone-dust 



Potash & Lime mixed, 14 mos. old 

 Salt & Lime mixed, 3 mos. old.... 



Sulphate of Magnesia , 



Sulphate of Ammonia 



Nitrate of Soda , 



Sulphate of Ammonia 



Wood-ashes , 



Nitrate of Soda. 



Sulphate of Magnesia , 



Wood-ashes 



Sulphate of Ammonia 



Sulphate of Magnesia 



Lime and Potash , 



Turnbull's Artificial Guano 



Barochan Artificial Guano 



Soil simple 



Quantity of 

 Manure ap- 

 plied per im- 

 perial Acre. 



5 cwt. 

 20 bush. 



5 cwt. 

 20 bush. 

 15 cwt. 



5 cwt. 

 20 bush. 



50 bush. 

 30 bush. 

 50 bush. 

 50 bush. 



1 cwt. 



1 cwt. 



1 cwt. 

 56 lbs. 

 40 bush. 

 56 lbs. 

 28 lbs. 

 40 bush. 

 84 lbs. 

 40 lbs. 

 20 bush. 



5 cwt. 



6 cwt. 



Cost per Acre. 



including 

 carriage and 

 putting on. 



6 

 2 

 10 



