BXPERIMENTS ON WUEAT. 21o 



" I do not quite see that," said the Deacon, " the farm-yard ma- 

 nure gave an incrc'ise of nearly 20 bushels per acre. And the quality 

 of the grain must have been nmch better, as it weighed '6i lbs. 

 per bushel more than the plot unmanureJ. If the wheat doubled 

 in price, as it ought to do in sur-h a poor year, 1 do not see but that 

 the good farmer who had in previous years made his land rich, 

 would come out ahead." 



" Good for the Deacon," said I. " ' Is Saul also among the 

 propliets ? ' " If the Deacon continues to stutly these experiments 

 much longer, we shall iiave 'lim advocating chemical manures and 

 high farming ! 



The eighteenth season (1860-1,) gave less than lU bushels per 

 acre on the unmanured plot; and nearly 35 bushels on the ma- 

 nured plot. 



The mixed mineral manures, crave ncnrly 15i bushels. 



" " and 25 11)8. ammonia ..l^^i " 



" " •• .50 '• " 27* " 



" " " 100 " *' 35 " 



" " " l.-)0 " " 35 " 



" " " 200 " " 37 " 



The nineteenth season (1861-2,) gave 16 bushels per acre on the 

 unmanured plot, and over 38i bushels on the plot manured with 

 farm-yard manure. 



Mixed mineral manures, pave nearly 18 bushels per acra. 



" " " and 25 lbs. ammonia.. 20; " " 



'• .50 " " 2-i " " 



" " " " l(iO " " 36 " •• 



•• " " 1.50 " " 39i " " 



" " " " 200 " " 36i •' " 



The ticentieth season (1862-3), gave 17J bushels on the unma- 

 nured plot, and 44 bushels per acre on the manured plot. 



M'xed mineral manures alone gave 191 bushels per acre. 



' " " and 2.') Ihs. ammonia.. 3 I " " 



When we consider that this is the twentieth wheat-crop in suc- 

 cession on the same land, these figures are certainly remarkable. 



" They are so," said the Deacon, " and what to me is the most sur- 

 prising thing about the whole matter is, that the plot which has had 

 no manure of any kind for 25 years, and has grown 20 wheat-crops 

 in 20 successive years, should still produce a crop of wheat of 17J 

 bushels per ncre. Many of our farmers do not average 10 bushels 

 per acre. Mr. Lawes must either have very good land, or else the 



