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SUMMARY OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS. 

 Experiments with Root Crops. 



The Use of Salt for Mangolds (Jour. Roy. Agri. Soc, 1908). — As 

 experiments in past years showed that the application of 1 cwt. of salt 

 per acre when used with nitrate of soda as a top dressing was beneficial 

 to the mangold crop, an experiment was conducted in 1908 to ascertain 

 whether a larger quantity of salt would be still more beneficial. Seven 

 plots were devoted to each of four- varieties of mangold. All the plots 

 received a dressing at the rate of 12 tons farmyard manure, 3 cwt. 

 superphosphate, and 1 cwt. sulphate of potash per acre. In addition, 

 plot 2 received 1 cwt. per acre of nitrate of soda as a top dressing ; plot 3 

 had 1 cwt. of nitrate of soda and 1 cwt. of salt per acre as a top 

 dressing; while plots 4, 5, and 6 had each 1 cwt. of nitrate of soda as a 

 top dressing, but the quantity of salt given with the nitrate of soda 

 rose from 2 cwt. per acre on plot 4, to 4 cwt. on plot 5, and 6 cwt. on 

 plot 6. On plot 7, 1 cwt. per acre of " nitrolim " was applied with the 

 other manures in the drills. 



The top dressings in all cases increased the crop very materially, and 

 the average yield of the four varieties of mangolds sown for the seven 

 plots was: — Plot 1, 27 tons; plot 2, 30 tons 17 cwt.; plot 3, 30 tons 

 12 cwt. ; plot 4, 34 tons 5 cwt. ; plot 5, 34 tons 13 cwt. ; plot 6, 36 tons 

 6 cwt. ; and plot 7, 29 tons 7 cwt. It would appear from this that 

 common salt may be advantageously used with 1 cwt. per acre of nitrate 

 of soda up to 6 cwt. per acre, though there was little to choose between 

 2 cwt. and 4 cwt. of salt. The lowest increase was with nitrolim, the 

 yield with which was about ih ton less than with nitrate of soda. 



Special Report on Experiments on Manuring of Mangolds (Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries, 1909). — In this report an attempt has been 

 made to summarise the results of past experiments in Great Britain on 

 the manuring of mangolds. The three common methods of manuring 



