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Notes on Manures. 



[JAN.,: 



swede crop benefited from the superphosphate and also the 

 following barley crop where lo cwt. of slag had been given. 

 The full results were as follows : — 



Yields per Acre produced by One Dressing of Fertiliser, 

 Saxmundham. 



Plot. 



Manurial Treatment, 

 Winter, 1913-14. 



1914 

 Clover 



Hay. 

 2 cuts. 



1915 

 Wheat. 

 No Manure 

 to any Plot. 



1916 

 Swedes. 

 15 tons 

 F.Y.M, 

 applied to 

 all Plots. 



1917 

 Barley. 

 No Manure 

 to any Plot. 



Com. 



Straw. 



Com. 



Straw. 







Cwt. 



Bush. 



Cwt. 



Tons. cwt. 



Bush. 



Cwt. 



I 



10 cwt. slag, 30 per cent. . . 



53 



31-7 



34-3 



8 5 



20 'O 



l8-2 



2 





51 



26-7 



34-3 



8 10 



I2'l 



21-4 



3 



5 cwt. slag, I cwt. muriate 















of potash 



.53 



27-9 



35-3 



8 7h 



13-5 



21-8 



4 





39 



19-7 



36*4 



8 2j 



14-3 



16 -4 



5 



4 cwt. 30 per cent, super. . 



56 



25-4 



37-1 



9 10 



13 5 



l8-2 



6 



4 cwt. super,, i cwt. muriate 

















of potash 



60 



23-5 



38-2 



10 10 





i8-5 



Lucerne also benefited considerably by the application of 

 phosphates. The addition of farmyard manure as well as 

 superphosphate caused a still further increase which might, 

 perhaps, have been even greater had more phosphate been 

 applied. Lime had a useful though less marked effect. The 

 results are : — 



Lucerne Experiment, Saxmundham. Commenced 1910. 









Lucerne Hay, Cwt. per Acre. 



























Total 

 Crop 

 6 



Years. 



Pre- 



Total 

 Increase 



due to 

 Manure 



Plot 



Plots dressed 

 •in 1910 and 1913. 



1911 

 3 



cut- 

 tings. 



1912 



3 

 cut- 

 tings. 



1913 

 2 



cut- 

 tings. 



1914 



2 

 cut- 

 tings. 



1915 

 2 



cut- 

 tings. 



1916 



2 

 cut- 

 tings. 



War 



total 

 Cost of 

 Manure. 



I 



2 



3 



4 

 5 

 6 



No manure 



1 ton ground lime . . 



2 cwt super., 6 tons 

 farmyard manure 



2 cwt, super. 

 5 cwt. super. 

 2 cwt. super., i cwt. 

 muriate of potash 



20 



20- 5 



20*2 



21- 5 



21 



19 



81.5 

 86-5 



95 

 91 

 92-5 



85 



54-8 

 60 -3 



72-1 



68 -o 

 66-4 



707 



52-3 

 56-3 



64-5 

 58-7 

 58-7 



55-2 



58 



59-5 



71-0 

 63-0 

 69-5 



68-0 



55-5 

 67-3 



65-1 

 78-3 

 76-7 



62 •! 



Cwt. 

 322 

 350 



388 

 381 

 385 



360 



s. d. 



50 



72 

 12 



30 



32 



Cwt. 



28 



66 

 59 



63 



38 



•Saxmimdham Report, 1915-18. Ipswich, 1919. 



In view of these interesting results it is important that more 

 trials should be made in order to ascertain how far manuring 

 the seeds hay is likely to be helpful. 



Scarcity of Farmyard Manure.— It is a common complaint of 

 many farmers that they have less farmyard manure than they 

 would like, and see no way to increase their supplies. On some 

 farms, probably on many, fewer animals are being fattened in 

 yards than is usual at the present season of the year. The 

 farmer who finds himself in this position may adopt one of 

 several courses to help over the difficulty. 



