GYPSUM 
fuinmer. The ae will prove, however; how much med 
was miftaken; for, by pres to the fubfequent ftatemen 
bee the two 0 perches, A,B both gypfumed alike, and ering 
plant 
on 
amounting to 7/. per acre be ne material obj 
the three acres of loam been gypfumed), merely to gain 
two buthels per acre of wheat, Lo 15s. which he found 
the wheat product of the perch pencil to, proportioned 
to the acre. He oe ed to mention this ciycum- 
itance, not from g in any wife the effe& of gypfum, 
but to fuggett wine ufeful hints will frequently prefent 
themfelves in the progrefs of the moft fimple experiments, 
and f{ometimes indeed of as much importance as the main 
objed ia vie - 
ony 
pale, and wanted a in a fortnight the gypfume 
part might be diftinguithed at a confi : ble ke aro and 
pres rare had no ram, yet it foon ay em fo thick a mat, 
as effectually Ptaprssr & it from a rapes fun, which 
—— the as satan feen phere i So -~ 
the two contraited perc Aad Bs 
the tteest of the ex skneieiananies 
Straw Proda@ of Dutch-Clover. 
ve sa Wir ane: ai pee “apn | fe 
Ib. ox. | cwt. qr. (b.. | cwvt. gr. th. |L. 8. d. 
ve oh a 15 8 az 0 167) 19 “3 t4°1r 9g Od 
. hone 38 7 5 4 os ee 6 a3 
oo 1g 0 ar 120/19 91812 -9 10 
9 oO 12°13 12 2z 1 810 18 6 
Seed Produd. 
=—y per | Value at 12d. Gufs 
perch acre, per lb, unt 
yb, ox.) cit. gr. | Es, a a 
A. Gypfamed [1 15 | 2 3 2] 15 10 16 19 of 
4. none Oo: Sy Oo 147) 8 F181 se 6p 
B. Gypfamed [1 +: | 1 2 2] 8 10 ©| 9 19 10 
4. none o-oo ies 10 g-8 6 
<iea is Feppoted that “ the read of the fum perches 
Sdilicsen 2 agree es nie as fecsibhy on this plant added 
as upon. i nk pect to grofs produ&; but the 
Sretospadiiel ten my a o uperior to that of faint- 
has occafioned the money value of the feed produét A. 
peepee vere | : 
teat 
: —— 
SESS oe ro 
or combination it is capable of forcing vegetation if fuch an 
inftantaneous and - aftoni ing manner, is a myt which 
time referves for others to unfold. But until this 
arrive, the practical and moft cautious farmer will, he 
fome fmall trials on eo 
run - reat hazard in venturin 
the above matters of faét, which he has fait 
and 3 ftated.’’ But the trials of fir R. Sutton, as de. 
tailed in on Annals of Agriculture, -~ ~ however,. */ 
any means fo favourable. It is noted t n the courfe of 
the month of February he dreffed, in = poe farm, fix 
acres of ground with pounded platter, fix hundred weight te 
the acre; two of thefe acres were young red-clover, two 
white clover and grafs-feeds, and two natural meadow —The 
foil where the red-clover was, a good hazel mould, witha 
rong loam underneath; the fe, a a ftrong loam, ‘more 
Saiined toclay. At the ‘fame time he dreffed e 
yong &- _ on his foreft farm, the foil fand and g 
vel, 
Pllosed double the quantity : Banded Se 
att, on account of his plafter running in a narrow 
feldom above an. inch and half” hick, which 
outa one, and fometimes of a 
reddifh itone clinging to it; the ftrips were all chofe in rd 
» middi ~ 
s, and accurately flaked out. 
On feven acres at Norwood. 
One-third of carriage =~ “ 
One oe ot ening ae e 
and fowing B 
One chats of socwt. of pater » 
Pa a4 
5820 8 
+ an acre, with a fraction: 5s. 
raat five and a half miles, and 
