No. VIIL] 



EXPERIMENTS UPON OATS. 



53 



2°. Results of ExperiEJents itn'th various substances used as top-dressings upon Oats (Sandy 

 Oats), sown 16th April, upon drained peat moss Nos. 2, 3, and 5 top-dressed on the same 

 day ; No. 1 dressed 6th May, cut down 14th September, and thrashed, cleaned, and 

 weighed 6th Oct,. 1842. The quantify of land in eachplot was one-eighth of an imperial acre. 



No. 



SHAW PARK FIELD, BAROOHAN. 



Description of Dressing. 



0.3 



— • <u ~ 

 •5 ? 



si's 



seal's 



^.2 



m 



o2 



•S '^ CO 



2 53 



is 



« be*: 



^« 



Sulphate of Ammonia 12J lbs. 



Water 20 galls. 



Sulphate of Soda 21 lbs. 



Nitrate of Soda 9^ lbs. 



Bones dissolved in Muriatic 



Acid 42 lbs. 



Nothing 



Sulphate of Ammonia 7 lbs. 



Silicate of Potash 14 lbs. 



Sulphate of Soda 14 lbs. 



iBones dissolved in Muriatic 



I Acid !l41bs. 



1105 



1220 



1340 

 960 



1600 



270 

 305 



320 

 210 



350 



Jbs. 

 420 



450 



4S0 



320 



s. d. 

 2 6 



1 8, 



2 0' 



1 41 



2 I 

 1 2^ 



bush. lbs 

 52 18 



61 



60 40 

 43 3 



65 



Remarks. — The soU upon which the above were grown is moss, rather deeper in some 

 parts than others, incumbent upon gravel of a stiff retentive quality. It had been partly 

 drained some years ago, but owing to the nature of the soil the drains did not act well. In 

 the spring of 1842, it was again dra,ined with tiles, and trenched over with the spade to the 

 depth of 16 inches(»nd some of the gravel subsoil brought up among the moss. The ground 

 being divided into lots for the purpose, the top-dressings Nos. 2, 3, and 5 were sown on the 

 16th April, and slightly harrowed in ; the oats were then sown and harrowed in No. I was 

 made from 160 lbs. sulphate of ammonia dissolved in 100 galls, of water (proportions for an 

 imperial acre), and sprinkled upon the oats during the time of rain on 6th May. No. 5 was 

 sown upon a lot where the moss was fully the deepest. They all brairded well ; Nos. 2 and 

 5 coming rather earlier than the others, and of a darker colour, particularly No. 2. No. 1, 

 after being watered with the solution, became also of a darker green, but neither Nos. 1 nor 

 2 were so strong in the straw as Nos. 3 and 5, boih of tchich were remarkable for strength and 

 luxuriance, especially No. 5, which kept the lead of the others all the season. 



E.— EXPERIMENTS UPON WHEAT. 

 The following three Experiments upon wheat exhibit very interesting results : 

 1°. The first series was made on the home farm of Lord Blantyre at Lennox 

 Love, and was intended to ascertain the relative effects in that locality of differ- 

 ent, chiejb/ saline, manures applied as top-dressings to spring wheat. 



iNo. 



Lbnnox-Lo vs. 



Description of 

 Dressing. 



Nothing 



Common Salt 



Common Salt.... 



Rape-dust 



Nitrateof Soda. . . 

 Nitrate of Soda... 



Rape-dust 



Nitrate of Soda. 

 Sulphale of Soda. 

 Sulphate of Soda. 

 Sulphate of Soda 



Rape-dust 



Rape-dust 



Guano 



Soot 





lbs. 

 10.36 

 1003 



1148 



1120 



1176 



.1078 



896 



990 



1106 

 1092 

 1036 



Weight, taken from 

 Thrashing Mill of 



363^ 

 394 



364 



286i 



3391- 



399 

 367 

 361 



lbs. lbs. 

 154 61i 

 92 



■5 2 



bushs. 

 5-9'-i6 

 5-750 



6-250 



5 970 

 6375 



6 000 



4-750 



5-562 



6-.381 

 6.000 

 5-939 



2 5 



J- Of — 



2-2 ^L 



o _ 



S :? = ? 



1 1- ® 



bush. 



•29 



•014 



419 



-044 



•425 

 •044 



bush. 

 •206 



1-206 



