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TALKS ON MANURES. 



EXPEBIMENTS ON OaTS AT MOBETON FaBM, RocaESTER, N. Y. 



Plots. 



MANl'KES 1-KK AtKE. 



No. 1 No manure 



a two li)S. (Jypsiiiu (Sulplmte of Lime) 



3 l-'lOO lbs. !Siii>erplui>|>lmle of Lime... 



4 .'iOO lljs. Suipliaie <>i Aiiiinoiiiu 



5 -'WO lb:*. SiiperplKj^pli.ite of Lime, uiul 3tX) 

 I lb:-. SulpUate o> Ammonia 



Biuhtls Wei(j/U airaw 

 01 Oat« jxr liimUel /jtr acre 



jxrr acre. 



ae 



47 



50 

 50 



III /A,<. 



•i-i 



•il 

 •z-i. 



22>4 



III lbs. 



1,U5U 

 2,475 

 •J,47o 

 2,730 



2,576 



These experiments wore made when my laml was not as clean 

 as it {■n uow. I presume the weeds got more benetil from the am- 

 monia th.m the oats. To top-dress foul laud with e.vpensive arti- 

 licial maniirvs is money thrown away. If t'.ie hind had hccii ph)wcd 

 in the autumn, and tlie s<'ed and manures eouhl liave been put in 

 early in the spring, I presume we should have had more favoraltle 

 results. 



" Are you not ashamed to acknowledge," paid the Deacon, " tliat 

 you have ever rai.sed oats weigliing only 22 lbs. per bushel." 



No. I have raised even worse crojis than thi.s — and so has the 

 Dencon. But I made up my niin<l that such farming did not paj', 

 and I have been trying hard since then to dean my land and got 

 it into I)ottor condition. And until this is done, if is useless to talk 

 ]nu( li of artiti( ial manures. 



The most striking result is the ofToct of the gypsum. It not only 

 gave an increased yield of 11 itushels per acre, but the oats were of 

 decidedly better quality, and there was nearly half a ton more 

 straw per acre than on the plot alongside, where no manure was 

 used. 



The superphosphate was a good article, similar to that used in 

 Mr. Lawes' experiments. 



