of Manures Applied to Pasture. 



49 



The plot, in a sense, was put down to test the contention 

 that basic slag owes some of its virtue to its containing a 

 considerable percentage of anhydrous oxide of lime, which, 

 of course, is "ground" in the process of disintegrating the 

 slag. 



Plots 5 and 8 are concerned with this test at each of the 

 three stations indicated. Both plots received ioo lbs. per 

 acre of phosphoric acid in the form of superphosphate for 

 the first year of the experiments (1897 at Cockle Park, 1901 

 at the other two places), and again for the fourth year. In 

 addition they received, at a separate operation, 10 cwt. of 

 ground lime for the first, third and seventh years, making 

 if tons per acre in all, at an aggregate outlay for this 

 material of 30s. 



Table XXI. — Effects Produced by 30 cwt. Ground Lime, 

 Applied in J-ton Doses for the 1st, 3rd, and 7th Years. 





Cockle 



Park. 



Sevin 



gton. 



Cransley. 



Year. 



Plot 5. 

 Super 

 without 

 Lime. Live- 

 weight 

 Increase. 



Plot 8. 

 Super 

 with Lime. 

 Live-weight 

 Increase. 



Plot 5. 

 Super 

 without 

 Lime. Live- 

 weight 

 Increase. 



Plot 8. 



Super 

 with Lime. 

 Live-weight 

 Increase. 



Plot 5. 

 Super 

 without 

 Lime. Live- 

 weight 

 Increase. 



Plot 8. 



Super 

 with Lime. 

 Live-weight 

 Increase. 



1st 



2nd 



3rd 



4th 



5th 



t)th 



7th 



8ih 



9th 



lb. 

 19 

 5i 

 55 

 93 

 92 

 86 

 5o 



45 



22 



lb. 

 32 

 66 

 66 



ii5 

 121 

 123 



79 

 65 

 46 



lb. 



9 

 48 

 48 

 46 

 57 

 46 



43 

 45 



60 



lb. 



5* 

 32 

 53 

 61 

 68 

 68 

 48 

 40 

 70 



lb. 



25 

 40 



9 

 2 



7 

 21 



25 

 40 



f 



lb 

 29 

 6/ 

 53 

 34 

 62 



53 

 60 



44 

 t 



Total 



513 



713 



402 



435 



169 



402 



Cost of Manure 

 Value of Live- 

 weight Increase 

 Gain 



£ s. d. 



1 18 6 



6 8 3 

 4 9 9 



£ s. d. 



3 8 6 



8 18 3 

 5 9 9 



£ * d. 

 1 18 6 



506 

 320 



£ s. d. 



3 8 6 



5 8 9 

 203 



£ s. d. 

 1 18 6 



223 

 0 3 9 



£ s. j. 



3 8 6 



506 

 j 12 0 



* Loss. f Eight years only at Cransley. 



The figures are brought together in Table XXI., where 

 it will be seen that at Cockle Park and Cransley the yield of 

 mutton on the limed plot is invariably greater than on the 

 plot receiving the same amount of superphosphate, but no 



