OATS GROWN CONTINUOUSLY 



93 



applications of nitrogen. Even allowing for the deterioration 

 of soil texture which so much affected the nitrate of soda 

 plots, ammonium -salts appear to be the better source of 

 nitrogen. 



TABLE XXXVIII. Oats, G-eescroft Field. Average Produce per acre, 5 years 

 (1869-1873). Description of Oats Black Tartarian. 



* Equal parts of Sulphate and Muriate Ammonia of Commerce. 



For the manuring of oats in practice the recommendations 

 set out for barley may be followed, except that the quantities 

 there given may be somewhat increased for oats. 



