1909.] Report on Crop Prospects in September. 593 



Upper Hale Field. 



(In this fieldj which is poor in lime compared with the other, Basic Slag is used in 

 place of Superphosphate.) 



Yield of Hay per Acre. 



Average gain 

 Eight years' due to 

 1908. 1909. Average. Manuring. 



Manuring per Acre. Tons. Cut. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. 



No Manure ... ... ... o 12^ o 15 o 13 



Basic Slag (8 cwt. in 1902; 5 cwt. 

 in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 



1907, 1908 and 1909) I 10J 118 1 15 12 



Basic Slag as above with Sulphate 



of Potash * 1 1 1 J 2 i| 1 17 1 4 



Basic Slag as above with Nitrate 



of Soda (2 cwt. in 1902, 1903, 



1904 and 1905 ; i| cwt. in 



1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909) ... 1 151 26 24 in 



Basic Slag and Nitrate of Soda 

 as above with Sulphate of 



Potash* 1 i6£ 2 7 25 1 12 



Nitrate of Soda without Phos- 

 phates or Potash ... ... 1 8| 1 15^ 1 15! I 2\ 



* 2 cwt. Sulphate of Potash per acre in 1902 and 1 cwt. per acre in 1905, 1906, 

 1907, 1908 and 1909. No Sulphate of Potash in 1903 and 1904. 



Manuring of Grass Land (Agric. Students' Gaz., Cirencester, Aug., 

 1909). — Trials of manures have been conducted on 20 plots 

 during- the last eighteen years, the results in 1909 being- given in this 

 publication. Nitrate of lime and calcium cyanamide were also compared 

 by applying them in April to a field which had been manured with 

 farmyard manure and a light dressing" of superphosphate, the dressings 

 containing the same amount of nitrogen as 2 cwt. of nitrate of soda. 

 Calcium cyanamide, though not generally recommended as a top 

 dressing, gave an increase in crop of 6 cwt., and nitrate of lime of 

 9 cwt., as compared with a plot which received no further manure. 



Seeds Mixtures for Permanent Pasture (Univ. Coll. of N. Wales, 

 Agric. Dept., Bull. 7, 1908). — Four different mixtures of grass and 

 clover seeds were sown at nine centres in 1906, and the plots were mown 

 in 1907 and 1908. In both years the greatest weight of hay on the 

 average was given by a mixture recommended by Mr. R. H. Elliott, of 

 Clifton Park, Kelso. This contained no Perennial Ryegrass, but a larger 

 number than usual of deep-rooting pasture plants, including Burnet, 

 Chicory, and Kidney Vetch. It was, however, the most expensive and 

 contained the greatest weight of seeds. A mixture containing more 

 Ryegrass and Red Clover than the others, which approaches nearly to 

 those usually sown by farmers, gave the next heaviest crop, but has not 

 produced so satisfactory a pasture. 



The reports received from the Crop Estimators of the Board on 

 September 15th generally comment on the hindrance to harvesting 

 operations caused by the wet weather which 

 Report on Crop nas prevailed since the middle of August. 

 Prospects in September. This has > however, been more serious in the 

 east and south, and corn crops have conse- 

 quently suffered more on this side of England than in the west, or in 



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