22G THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF 



per acre, the Committee grew 13 tons at 

 Warminster by close planting, and 17 tons 

 4 cwt. at Tloningham, this being extended to 

 18 tons 18 cwt. by wide planting — i.e. 18 in. 

 to 20 in. from row to row, and 15 in. to 18 in. 

 from plant to plant. In a second test with 

 home grown seed versus imported seed, the 

 former yielded 18 tons 13 cwt. and the latter 

 17 tons 3 cwt. These crops were grown under 

 two system.s of manuring, with 32 tons of 

 dung to the acre, and a complete fertiliser 

 consistmg of 4 cwt. each of nitrate of soda, 

 superphosphate, and kainit, this combination 

 producing as good results as the heavy 

 dressings of dung. On the other hand, when 

 the quantity of dung employed was only half 

 as large the results were but little inferior. 



We have seen potatoes grown in Cornw^all 

 upon a light, friable, ricli soil of an ideal 

 character, which was manured wdth a mixture 

 of dung, seaweed, and white sand at the rate 

 of 160 small loads per Cornish acre, equal 

 to 11 Imperial acres, each rod, which is 

 slightly larger than the Imperial rod, thus re- 

 ceiving one load of manure. In addition 

 each acre received 1| tons of nitrate of soda, 

 or some fifteen times as much as is supplied 

 by an ordinary potato growler. The land 



