IIORTICUf/rURAL SOCIETY OF LOXDOV. 



377 



in the Experimental Garden. The manures and results are here 

 arranged in the order of greatest amount of produce. 



Substances. 



Applied at 



Total 



Small. 



Total 

 small 



rate per acre. 



pro 



(iUCC. 







deducted. 







lbs. 



oz. 



lbs 



.oz. 



lbs. 



oz. 



Salt Cake .... 



2 cwt. 96 lb. 



17 



1 











17 



1 



Salt Cake .... 



1 cwt. 48 lb. 



15 







1 



2 



13 



14 



Bone-dust .... 



76 bush. 2 gal. 



11 



10 



1 



5 



10 



5 



Daniell's Manure, new sort . 



20 bush. 



11 



9 







7 



11 



2 



Rotten Dune;" .... 



5 tons. 



11 



8 







6 



1 1 



2 



Sal-ammoniac 



1 cwt. 48 lb. 



11 



5 







8 



10 



13 



Night-soil .... 



5 tons. 



11 



3 







5 



10 



14 



Daniell's Manure, old sort 



20 bush. 



10 



15 



1 







9 



15 



Epsom Salts .... 



1 cwt. 48 lb. 



10 



7 







8 



9 



15 



Putrid Urine fixed with Sulph.iron 



800 gal. 



10 



5 



2 



2 



8 



3 



Night-soil disinfected with bleach- 















ing powder and sulph. acid . 



5 tons. 



10 



4 







15 



9 



5 



Guano . . 



16 cwt. 271b. 



10 



3 







13 



9 



6 



Night-soil disinfected with sulph. 

















acid 



5 tons. 



9 



14 











9 



14 



Nitrate Soda, and Salt Cake 



80 lbs. each. 



9 



13 







6 



9 



7 



Epsom Salts .... 



2 cwt. 96 lb. 



9 



12 







7 



9 



5 



Gas-water, fixed with sulph. acid 



800 gallons. 



9 



7 







11 



8 



12 



Sulphur 



2 cwt. 78 lb. 



9 



1 











9 



1 



Nitrate Soda and Salt cake in equal 



[each. 















quantities .... 



1 cwt. 48 lb. 



9 



3 







5 



8 



14 



Nitrate Soda .... 



1 cwt. 48.1b. 



9 











5 



Q 

 O 



1 1 



Gas- water, fixed with Muriat. acid 



800 gallons. 



8 



7 







2 



8 



5 



Gypsum .... 



2 cwt. 78 lb. 



8 



4 







4 



8 







(Nothing) .... 





8 











13 



7 



3 



Night-soil disinfected with bleach- 

















ing powder and sulph. iron . 



5 tons. 



7 



15 







13 



7 



2 



Sulphate of Iron 



1 cwt. 48 lb. 



7 



13 







13 



7 







Nitrate of Soda 



2 cwt. 96 lb. 



7 



9 







13 



6 



12 



Night-soil disinfected with bleach- 

















ing powder .... 



5 tons. 



7 



5 







2 



7 



3 



Gas-water .... 



800 gallons. 



6 



2 







12 



5 



6 



Gas-water disinfected with Nitric 















acid ..... 



800 gallons. 



6 



2 







12 



5 



6 



Putrid Urine 



800 gallons. 



5 



9 







3 



5 



6 



Gas-water fixed with Phosph. acid 



800 gallons. 



5 



5 







8 



4 



13 



The preceding Substances were applied in the same manner 

 in the Kitchen Garden ; but with different results. Those ob- 

 tained in the Exp. Garden are however most to be depended on ; 

 for the soil in the Kitchen Garden was unfavourable for a fair 



