PROFITABLE FARMING. 



annually half a million pounds sterling. It is 

 not surprising, therefore, that the Lancashire 

 County Education Committee have conducted 

 numerous experiments at various farm centres 

 during five years, commencing 1898, when 

 more than forty trials have been made, and the 

 best and most profitable manuring is selected 

 for comparison. The following are the average 

 results : 



In Farmers' Bulletin, No. 13, which reports 

 these experiments, the following conclusions are 

 drawn, viz. : " A moderate dressing of farm- 

 yard manure, in conjunction with a suitable 

 dressing of artificial manure, is capable of pro- 

 ducing a larger and more profitable crop than 

 a heavy dressing of farm-yard manure alone. 



" The effect of the manure is chiefly seen in 

 the weight of large tubers produced. 



" When farm-yard manure only was used the 

 amount of disease was greater than when farm- 

 yard manure and artificial manure were used. 



