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Tons. Cwts. Qrs. 

 No Manure ... ... ... ... ... 10 16 3 



A Complete Manure supplying 200 Ibs. soluble 



phosphate, 20 Ibs. nitrogen, and 40 Ibs. 



potash per acre 24 I I 



Gain over no Manure ... ... ... 13 4 2 



Increased annual Profit per acre after paying for 



Fertilisers ... ... ... ... ... $ 12 2 



With regard to these trials reported in Bul- 

 letin 37 of the College, the following statement 

 occurs : " In both seasons it was found, as in 

 former experiments, that superphosphate could 

 be relied on, as a rule, to produce larger crops of 

 turnips than basic slag." 



The outstanding feature of all these figures is 

 the great importance of a liberal 

 supply of available phosphate in the More Phos ~ 

 soil. Turnips respond liberally to 

 large dressings of phosphates. 



Attention was called on a previous page to the 

 fact that the average ten years' crop of Swedes 

 and Turnips was about 14 tons per 

 acre. The average of the experi- 

 ments quoted in Great Britain, where 

 a judicious system of manuring has been 

 adopted, is increased to about 20 tons 10 cwts. 

 per acre. Consider for one moment what an 

 increase of 50 per cent, in the crop from the 

 same acreage would mean in the way of profit to 

 each individual farmer and the country in 

 general. 



Swedes and Turnips, as is well known, are 



