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been commensurate with the extra outlay. In case dung cannot 

 be spared, however, and the grower is relying upon chemical 



Annual Manuring. 



A v^rirrA Arm nil \A7^io*Vir 



of Savoys per acre. 



Annual Cost of 

 Mar are per 

 acre. 





Tons Cwt. 



£ s, d. 



Light Dung ... 



13 3 



500 



Heavy Dung 



15 19 



10 0 0 



Light Dung, Phosphates and 4 cwt. 







Nitrate of Soda per acre 



18 5 



7 IS 0 



fertilisers alone, he should use at least 6 cwt. ot nitrate of soda 

 per acre. 



We have occasionally found potash salts to be of use for this 

 crop, but as a rule we consider that, on land in good cultivation 

 and occasionally dressed with potash salts for other crops, no 

 special application of them need be made for savoys. 



Spring Cabbages. 



This crop is usually planted on freshly dunged land in the 

 autumn and gathered in the spring. As we are revolutionary 



Annual Manuring. 



Average Annual Weight of 

 Cabbages per acre. 



Annual Cost 

 of Manure 

 per acre. 



5 crops 

 (1895-99). 



2 crops (1900 

 and 1 901). 



Light Dung 



Tons Cwt. 

 15 12 



Tons Cwt. 

 19 17 



£ s. d. 

 500 



Heavy Dung ... 



16 2 



21 0 



10 0 0 



Light Dung, and Phosphates, Potash, 

 and 4 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per acre 



18 0 



21 3 



850 



No Dung ; but Phosphates, Potash, 

 and 4 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per acre 



17 14 





3 5 0 



No Dung; but Phosphates, Potash, 

 and 8 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per acre 





20 17 



5 5 0 



enough to propose that any special application of dung may be 

 dispensed with altogether for this crop, I give figures above 



L L 2 



