i22 Manuring of Peaty Land. [may, 



year, but increased the crop by nearly 5 cwts. in 1906. An 

 inspection of the plots in the autumn of 1907, however, showed 

 that lime had done little to improve the character of the herbage. 







Average 

 Annual 



Average 

 Weight 



Increase 



Average 



A Ti T~m c\ 1 



1 A- 1 1 1 i '.Ull 



Gain or 

 Loss ( - ). 



Plot. 



Manuring. 



Cost of 

 Manures, 

 (3 Years.) 



of Hay 

 per Acre, 

 2 Years. 



over 

 Plot 2. 







, A 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 



s. d. 



I 



2 tons lime, 1905 ... 



8 4 



15 





- 2 1 



2 



No manure ... 











3 



10 cwts. slag,* 1905 



7 11 



i6h 



4 



2~I 



4 



10 cwts. slag, 2 cwts. muriate 













of potash, t 1905 



13 9 





'3 



18 9 



5 



^ cvvt. nitrate, 4 cwts. super- 













phosphate, 2 cwts. kainit, 1905 

 and 1906 ... 













13 5 





14 



21 7 



M 



10 tons dung, 1905 



16 8 



32f 



20^ 



33 11 



* Containing 200 lb. phosphoric acid. t Containing 100 lb. potash. 



On plot 3, 10 cwts. basic slag were applied in 1905 and the results 

 are good. The hay was greatly increased in the first and 

 especially in the second year after its application, and the 

 result is a small annual gain. In September, 1907, it was 

 evident that the herbage was greatly improved on this plot. 

 Finer grasses have largely taken the place of coarse grasses 

 and sedges, and there is just a little clover development. 

 On plot 4, 10 cwts. slag and 2 cwts. muriate of potash were 

 applied in 1905. Here the results are of a still more satisfactory 

 character. The increase of hay was so great in the first two 

 years that a net gain of 18s. gel. per acre per annum has resulted. 

 In addition to this, the inspection, last September, of the plots 

 showed that the improvement by slag only was carried to a far 

 greater extent on this plot, and that some white clover plants 

 had also developed. On plot 5, a medium dressing of nitrate 

 of soda, superphosphate and kainit was applied in each of the 

 years 1905 and 1906. As a result, the crops of hay were greatly 

 increased, and excellent gains per acre are shown for these 

 years, but the herbage was of a very coarse character and has 

 practically not been improved in quality. On the sixth plot 

 (M) 10 tons dung were applied in 1905. This has given con- 

 siderably the heaviest crop of hay in the first two years, which, 

 however, was of an even coarser character than that produced on 



