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Experiments in Growth of Maize. 



exceptionally wet and cold, and therefore an unfavourable season 

 for testing this crop, and several of the failures are set down to 

 the bad weather which followed the sowing of the seed. 



TABLE I.— Particulars of Experiments in the Cultivation of Maize. 



No 



iCounty. 



Date of 

 Sowing 



Seed 

 Sown pe] 

 Acre. 



Character of 

 Soil. 



Manuring 

 per Acre. 



Previous 

 Cropping. 



Average 

 Yield per 



result. 



1 



Cardigan .. 



: • ■ 



— 



Deep loam. 



2cwt.kaimt, 



— 



77 ton 









with fair 



4cwt.super.; 















amount of 



and later, 2 















organic 



cwt.nitrate 















matter 









2 







— 



— 





— 



Failed 



3 



M'ntg'mery 





— 



— 





— 



„ 



Crop very 



4 



Dorset 



June 3 



— 



Fairly strong 



None 



Oats after 











loam on 





wheat 



small; not 











chalk sub- 





grown with 



weighed 







May 30 





soil. 



■ 



farmyard. 





5 



Oxford 





Good light 



Folded with 



Swedes & 



Failed 











loam on 



ewes and 



l.OOOheaded 













Northamp- 



lambs get- 



kale with 













ton sand 



ting cake 



10 loads 

















farmyard 

















and 3 cwt. 

















super. 





6 



Hampshire 



May 29 



16 inch 



Gravelly 



lOton farm- 



Barley 



loton 17cwt. 









between 



clay 



yard 











rows . 











/ 



Notts 



June 3 



7 pecks 



dlay loam, 



90 1 r. ndo 

 lUclQS 





t ailed. 









drilled 



on blue lias 



dung,3cwt. 













2ft apart 



in good 



super., |cw t. 















heart and 



sulph. amm 















clean 









8 



Cambridge 



Ju ne 6 



2bushels, 









17ton 7cwt. 









3£" deep 

















18"apart 











9 



Norfolk ... 



June 6 



2 bushels 









llton 6cwt. 



10 



June 3 



Light, good, 



lewt. sulph. 



Wheatwith 



7ton 13cwt. 









on brick- 



amm..3cwt. 



14 loads 













earth sub- 



super., 3cwt. 



dung 













soil. 



kainit. 





11 





June 4 





Lightish, 



10 loads 



Barley 



10tonl9cwt. 









subsoil sand 



dung, later 



after roots 















top-dressed 

















3 cwt. nit- 

















rate 







12 



»» 



Kent 











— 



Failed 



13 



May 28-9 Ubushels 



Poor. chalky 



Dung 



— 



15ton 4cwt. 









per acre, 

















2£'' deep, 

















drills 2ft. 

















apart 











14 



„ 







Light cal- 



— 



— 



Failed, not 











careous 







weighed 











loam 









15 













Rye 



Failed 



16 





June 19 



Drilled 



Alluvial, on 



2cwt. super. 





llton 14ewt. 









rather 



Weald.good 













over 2 



condition 















bushels. 











17 



... 



June 6 



Dibbled, 



Weald clay. 



7-8 ton farm- 





9ton 4cwt 









1-H bus- 



somewhat 



yard, lewt. 













hels 



sandy 



nitrate on 















June 6 and 

















again early 

















in August. 







18 





June 17 



Dibbled, 



Clay loam ... 



Good dress- 





l4ton 18cwt. 









14-2 bus- 



ing of peat 













hels 





dung 





LOton 9cwt. 



19 



Surrey 



May 31 



Drilled, 2 



Sandy loam, 



None 



Mangolds, 





bushels 



good 





heavily 











3£ inches 







manured 











deep 2ft. 

















apart 











Taking first the centres where negative results were obtained, 



