of Manures Applied to Pasture. 



5 



a sub-plot of 2V acre on each, on which the herbage could 

 be allowed to grow up, thus giving an opportunity of 

 ascertaining the results of the action of the manures in terms 

 both of mutton and of herbage. Each year fresh areas were 

 selected for the sub-plots, so that they came as near as 

 possible to representing, in terms of "hay," the results of 

 applying manures to pasture. It may also be mentioned at 

 this point that a third method of assessing the results has 

 been persistently followed throughout the experiment, namely, 

 submitting the* different lots of sheep at the end of each 

 season to the unprejudiced judgment of an experienced 

 butcher and salesman, vho has put a valuation on the 

 animals. It is satisfactory to find that the results, as deter- 

 mined by weighing the sheep, by the butcher's estimate, and 

 by weighing the hay, and valuing it at 30s. per ton, are, 

 for the most part, in close agreement. They are here set 

 out for comparison, the figures referring to nett gain or 

 loss per acre in nine years, after deducting the cost of cake 

 and manure. Full details of the treatment that each plot 

 received will be found in Table IV. 











2. 







4 





5- 





7- 





8. 







TO. 



Jlots. 



Cake. 



Li 



me. 



Slag 



in 



Slag in 



Super. 



Super & 



Super & 



Supe 



r & 



Dis. 













1 dose. 



2 doses. 







potash. 



lime. 



sul. £ 



im. 



bones. 





s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



S. 



d. 



5. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



S. 



d. 



s. d. 



s. 



d. 



s. d. 



By weighing . 



1 



6 * 



10 



2 * 



17 



2 



13 



9 



IO 



0 



9 



3 



12 2 



5 



3 



8 0 



By butcher's 



































valuation . 



2 



10 



10 



8 * 



13 



I 



12 



1 



7 



2 



7 



4 



IO 6 



1 



3 



6 10 



By hay . 



3 



3 



5 



6 * 



22 



2 



15 



6 



8 



0 



6 



8 



IO 3 



8 



1 1 



9 11 



* Losses. All other figures indicate gains. 



The results have also, in a sense, been estimated by the 

 hundreds of farmers w T ho have annually visited the plots, and 

 who have expressed their views as to the value of the im- 

 provements effected by the different systems of treatment. 

 By way of illustrating the verdict of practical men on the 

 results of treatment, it may be mentioned that certain farmers 

 carefully valued the plots in the fifth year of the experiments, 

 and while they put the grazing value of the untreated ground 

 at 5s. per acre (Plot 6), they valued some of the treated plots 

 at over 20s. per acre. 



