MANUAL FOR SUGAR GROWERS. 



Oats 1 9 10 



Wheat 1 



Barley 1 



Hay (clover) 2 



Hay (meadow) 1 



Mangels 



Turnips (white) 



8 7 

 6 1 

 1 3 



4 



In the following table analyses of farm-yard ma- 

 nure by various chemists are given : 



COMPOSITION OF FARM -YARD OR PEN MANUKE PEE 100 

 PARTS. 



In applying pen manure to the land it is neces- 

 sary to cover it thoroughly; this is best done by 

 ploughing it in or by covering it during the process 

 of raising the banks or " holeing : " unless it is 

 buried its condition-giving or mechanical action, 

 the importance of which must be recognized, is not 

 f Lilly exercised. The quantity to be applied should 

 be about twenty tons per acre. 



Where the quantity of pen manure produced on 

 an estate is insufficient to cover the whole area to 

 be planted, that portion receiving no pen manure 



