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phate, 4 cwt of kainit, and 4 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre. 

 But if dung is short, a good crop may be secured by using 6 cwt. 



Annual Manuring. 



Average Annual Weight 

 of Cauliflowers per 

 acre. 



Annual Cost of 

 Manure per 

 acre. 



Light Dung ... 



Tons 



Cwt. 

 5 



£ s. d.' 

 500 



Heavy Dung... 



16 



3 



10 0 0 



Light Dungand Phosphates, Potash, 

 and 4 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per 

 acre 



19 



2 



850 



of superphosphate, 4 cwt. of kainit, and from 6 to 8 cwt. of 

 nitrate of soda per acre. Of the last-named fertiliser half the 

 quantity should be applied when the plants are well established 

 and half later. 



Broccoli. 



Over eight years our experiments with this crop have 

 yielded the following average results : — 



Annual Manuring. 



Average Annual Weight 

 of Broccoli per acre. 



Average Annual 

 Cost of Manure 

 per acre. 



Light Dung ... 



Tons Cwt. 

 11 8 



£ s. d. 

 500 



Heavy Dung ... 



12 16 



10 0 0 



Light Dung and Phosphates and 

 4 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per acre... 



14 2 



7 15 0 



No Dung, but Phosphates, Potash 

 and Nitrate of Soda (4 cwt. per 

 acre during first 5 years, 8 cwt. 

 per acre during last 3 years) 



13 3 



400 



Our general recommendations as to manuring would be 7 the 

 same for broccoli as for cauliflowers. 



Autumn or Main Crop Cabbages. 

 We have recorded eight crops of autumn cabbages. The 

 dressings of nitrate of soda applied with the other manures 

 have varied from I cwt. up to 6 cwt. per acre with dung, and 

 from 4 cwt. to 8 cwt. per acre without dung. The results of the 



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