By Edward Solly, Esq. 



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cake, a substance manufactured on a very large scale by acting on 

 common salt by sulphuric acid, for the purpose of being subsequent- 

 ly converted into carbonate of Soda or " Soda." Its value is about 

 £3. 10s. per ton, hence the quantity applied would cost 10$. 6d. 

 per acre. The produce was 



Chaff 4 8 6 46 



The proportion of corn to the whole crop was therefore as 

 2188 to 10000. One thousand seeds weighed 610 grains. The 

 brass standard measure full weighed 4114 grains, consequently 

 the bushel would weigh 58|:lbs. The plants in this as well as 

 those in the succeeding square, No. 4, had throughout but a 

 sickly appearance, they looked weak, and were a good deal laid by 

 the wind, much more so than the two preceding squares, Nos. I 

 and 2, although the latter plants were larger and taller than those 

 in 3 and 4. 



4. Sulphate of Soda and Silicate of Potash. The plants in the 

 fourth square received these substances, at the rate of 3 cwt. of 

 the former and 1 f cwt. of the latter per acre. The produce was 



Chaff 3 * JO 



The proportion of corn to the whole crop was therefore as 

 1803 to 10000. One thousand seeds weighed 566 grains. The 

 standard measure full weighed 3987 grains, consequently the 

 bushel would weigh 57 lbs. 



5. Salt. Common Salt was applied to this square at the rate of 

 3 cwt. per acre. This, reckoning salt at £1. 15*. per ton, would 

 cost 4*. 6d. per acre. The produce was 



The proportion of corn to the whole crop was therefore 



