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Fertilisers for Market Garden Crops. 



first five crops, grown with the lighter dressings, accord closely 

 with those of the last three, so that, for simplicity's sake, I give in 

 the following table only the average results of the last three : — 



Annual Manuring 



Average Annual Weight 

 of Cabbage per acre. 



Annual Cost of 

 Manure per 

 acre. 



Light Dung ... 



± U lib 1 \s Y\ L. 



20 6 



b. u. 



5 0 0 



Heavy Dung ... 



24 3 



10 0 0 



Light Dung and Phosphates and 

 4 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per acre. . . 



24 9 



7 IS 0 



Light Dung and Phosphates and 

 6 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per acre 



27 17 



8 15 0 



No Dung, but Phosphates and 8 cwt. 

 Nitrate of Soda per acre 



24 14 



4 IS 0 



No Dung, but Phosphates, Potash and 

 8 cwt. Nitrate of Soda per acre... 



25 18 



5 5 0 



We consider that probably the best general mode of manuring 

 is to apply a light dressing of town dung (not more than about 

 12 tons per acre) supplemented by a dressing of 6 cwt. of super- 

 phosphate and from 4 cwt. to 6 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre, 

 one-half of the nitrate being applied at planting out and the 

 remainder a month or two later. If dung cannot be spared, as 

 much as 8 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre may be used, and in 

 this case it might be well also to give a dressing of potash salts. 

 Where dung is used, however, we do not find that potash salts 

 are of much, if any, use for this crop. 



Savoy Cabbages. 



The average results that we have obtained from nine crops 01 

 savoys are shown in the following table. 



Chemical fertilisers without dung give better results than the 

 heavy dressing of dung without them, but not such good results 

 as were obtained by combining the two. Probably the best 

 manuring for savoys is a light dressing of dung, from 4 to 6 cwt. 

 of superphosphate, and 4 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre. 



During the last three years we have also tried dressings of 

 6 cwt. of nitrate of soda per acre, but the increase has scarcely 



