4^8 Fertilisers for Market Garden Crops. 



illustrative of our results for the first five crops and for the last 

 two crops recorded. 



It will be seen that heavy dunging did very little more good 

 for this crop than light dunging, and that by far the most 

 economical yield was obtained by dispensing with dung 

 altogether. 



It must be remembered that this crop is planted out after the 

 summer heat is over, and that it is not subject to the perils of 

 drought like spring-planted crops. Probably the less forcing 

 the manure that it receives before the winter the better, as the 

 greater its autumn development the more liable it is to be 

 attacked by frost. 



We recommend that spring cabbages should be planted without 

 further dung than the residue left from the dung applied to the 

 previous crop, and that, at the time of planting, a liberal dressing 

 of superphosphate or other phosphatic manure be given, with 

 4 cwt. of kainit or I cwt. of sulphate of potash per acre. Nitrate 

 of soda at the rate of from 4 cwt. to 8 cwt. per acre may be 

 applied during the spring, the application being divided into two 

 or more dressings according to the soil and season. 



Red or Pickling Cabbages. 



We made a small experiment last year to test the effect of 

 nitrogenous manure on this crop, with the following results : — 



Manure per acre. 



Weight of Cabbages 

 per acre. 



Cost of Manure 

 per acre. 



Light Dung, Phosphates and Potash 

 Salts ... ... ... ... 



Ditto, ditto, with, in addition, 

 4 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per acre... 



Tons Cwt. 

 20 9 



£ s. d. 

 650 



850 



Brussels Sprouts. 



This is another crop which our experience leads us to conclude 

 may be most economically grown without any direct application 

 of dung, except perhaps on the very lightest soils. The results 

 given in the following table are those of our first five crops. 

 Those of the last three years are closely confirmatory, but, as 



