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initial sale value. Although it is the latter valuation that 

 more directly concerns the grower, it is of interest to have 

 the two independent valuations side by side. 



FUGGLES HOPS 1899 CROP. 



Value of crop per acre on 

 Yield of Cost of the basis of 



Plot. Annual dressing per acre. bops manuring Factors' Mr. Chap- 



per per valua- man's 



acre. acre. tion. valuation. 



Cwt. s. s. s. 



A Phosphates and potash 20^ ... 2 10 ... 35 10 ... 



B Do., do. and 2 cwt. nitrate of soda ... 22^ ... 3 10 ... 45 o ... 63 o 

 C Do., do. and 4 cwt. nitrate of soda... 23 ... 4 10 ... 49 o ... 57 10 

 D Do., do. and 6 cwt. nitrate of soda... 22\ ... 5 10 ... 50 o ... 62 o 

 E Do., do. and 8 cwt. nitrate of soda... 23^ ... 6 10 ... 58 15 ... 62 15 

 F Do., do. and 10 cwt. nitrate of soda 24^ ... 7 10 ... 57 o ... 73 10 

 X t3O loads London dung ... ... 24^ ... 6 o ... 47 5 ... 63 5 



S Rest of field. 20 loads dung, 6 cwt. 

 superphosphate, -*nd 6 cwt. nitrate 



ofsoda 24^ ... 7 15 ... 59 10 ... 71 10 



t About 15 tons. 



From these results it appears that, even in this year of 

 abundant growth, nitrate of soda used in liberal quantities 

 not only enhanced the yield, but distinctly improved the 

 quality and intrinsic value of the crop. 



In adding this one more year's record to the results 

 published twelve months ago, it is well again to point out 

 that all our experimental years, including 1899, have fallen 

 within the curiously prolonged cycle of years showing a 

 deficiency of average rainfall. I hope, however, with the 

 aid of Mr. Shrivell, to continue the experiments for a number 

 of years to come, and in this way to be able to see how the 

 various dressings comport themselves in wet as well as in 

 dry summers. 



Readers will, of course, bear in mind that, except on Plots 

 X and S no nitrogenous manure other than nitrate of soda 

 has been applied to our experimental plots. Now, as I 

 have already in effect observed, it is neither convenient nor 

 desirable that hops, more than any other crop, should be 



