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remainder of the field of which no account was 

 taken. 



" At the conclusion of the three years 1 period, 

 the profit from the live weight increase on the 

 manured plot for the three years is estimated 

 by the College as 6 is. 5jd., or fully thirty 

 shillings per acre after paying for the manures. 

 It was noted that at the close of the first season 

 there was a distinct change as regards the 

 amount of herbage and proportion of clover 

 it contained on the manured plot, which 

 improvement became much more apparent in 

 the following season. 



" The manured plot provided sufficient herb- 

 age for nineteen, twenty-one, and twenty sheep 

 in the first, second, and third year respectively, 

 whilst the unmanured plot would only feed 

 thirteen, fifteen, and fourteen respectively. 



" Many of the sheep were ready for the 

 butcher when taken off the manured plot." 



It is further stated in the Report cited: 'The 

 manured plot has probably no more than reached 

 the height of its increased productivity. In all 

 likelihood it will continue to give increased 

 returns for several years ; for, in addition to the 

 direct effect of the manuring, the great increase 

 of clover may be relied upon to exert a beneficial 

 influence both directly and indirectly for a con- 

 siderable time." 



A further test was instituted by the Edinburgh 

 and East of Scotland College at Homebank, 

 Berwickshire, the object being to test, by 

 feeding, the effects of the two leading phos- 



