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in the south of Scotland, intended to determine the increase of crop 

 (chiefly turnip), derivable from the employment of various manures 

 applied to soils under varying circumstances, as to the feeding of stock. 

 The average results were : — Swedes, 21 tons and 16 cwt., yellow 20 

 tons 2 cwt., white 22 tons 7 cwt. to the acre ; on land of ordinary 

 fertility it was found that early sowing is advantageous — that the 

 most suitable width between the drills is 28 to 30 inches — that the 

 prevalent rule as to distance between the plants is to hoe out 7 to 8 

 inches, though the success in cases where 13 and 14 inches have been 

 adopted has been such as to warrant a very general trial of the 

 practice. The narrower spaces appear to suit the Swedes, and the 

 wider the white and red turnips. Farm-yard manure is to be prin- 

 cipally depended upon, and it should not be applied in quantities 

 under 16 cubic yards to the acre, unless when 2 cwt. of guano or 

 12 barrels of crushed bones is used, when 13 to 14 cubic yards may 

 answer. Sir William thinks that the Midland Agricultural Society 

 of Van Diemea's Land should follow in the track of the Annandale 

 Club. 



Dr. Lillie, Dr. Officer, Capt. Kay, Drs. Agnew and Butler, 

 Mr. Dobson, Mr, Mitchell, and others took part in the discussion. 



About ten o'clock, on the motion of Joseph Hone, Esq., seconded 

 by S. Moses, Esq., the thanks of the Society were, voted for the 

 various donations, for the paper by Sir W. Denison, and for the 

 other written contributions, and the meeting broke up. 



13th November. — Monthly evening meeting ; Dr. Officer, a Vice- 

 President, in the chair. 



The following gentlemen were ballotted for and duly elected into 

 , the Society: — The Rev. George Wright, of Hamilton ; R. De Little, 

 Esq., of Launceston ; and A. Kissock, Esq., of Hobart Town. 



The presentations were as follows : — " Narrative of a Visit to the 

 Mauritius and South Africa," of James Backhouse, from Mr. G. W. 

 Walker: Curiosities of the British Museum, 1 folio volume, 1 788, 

 from Mr. Westcotl ; five parts of the Journal of the Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society of India, transmitted through the Colonial 

 Secretary here by Mr. Grey, Under-Secretary to the Government of 

 India. 



A specimen of effloresced Alum, from caverns in the argillaceous 

 rocks near Bridgewater, was received from Mr. Bicheno. 



