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In regard to these experiments it is stated in 

 the Journal of the Department of Agriculture 

 (Ireland), April, 1912 : " These experiments 

 fully justify the advice given in previous 

 reports that, as a general rule, and especially 

 when it is limited in amount, farmers should 

 apply dung in moderate quantities and supple- 

 ment it with suitable artificial manure. 



" This conclusion is very considerably 

 strengthened when the results of the experi- 

 ments for 1911 are compared with the average 

 results of the similar experiments conducted 

 during the ten previous years/' 



Scotland is renowned for the quality of its 

 potatoes and for the large crops grown. It is 

 therefore of interest to learn that the West 

 of Scotland Agricultural College has conducted 

 experiments at numerous farm 

 centres during three years. Where 5lt t land 

 10 tons farm-yard manure was 

 supplemented with a complete manure similar 

 to what was used in the Lancashire and Irish 

 experiments, an average maximum crop was 

 obtained of 10 tons, 18 cwt, 3 qrs., a gain of 

 4 tons, 15 cwt. of potatoes per acre over the 

 unmanured plots and an average profit, after 

 paying for the manure, of 7. i8s. 3d. per acre. 



In reference to this experiment, it is stated 

 in College Bulletin, No. 38, that " it was found 

 that with large dressings of dung, watery 

 potatoes with inferior cooking qualities were 

 generally produced, and that suitable artificial 

 manures applied with small dressings of dung 



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