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Experiments in Growth of Maize. 



exceptionally wet and cold, and therefore an unfavourable season 

 for testing this crop, and several of the failures are set down to 

 the bad weather which followed the sowing of the seed. 



TABLE I.— Particulars of Experiments in the Cultivation of Maize. 



No, 



11 



14 



County. 



Date of 

 Sowing. 



Cardigan 



M'ntg'mery — 

 Dorset June 3 



5 1 Oxford ... May 30 



Hampshire 



Notrs 



Seed 

 Sown per 

 Acre. 



Character of 

 Soil. 



May 29 16 inch 

 between 

 rows . 



June 3 



/ pecks 

 drilled 

 2ft apart 



Cambridge Ju ne6 |2bushels, 

 I 3£" deep 

 1 18"apart 

 ... June 6 ., 

 10 Norfolk ... June 3 2 bushels 



Kent 



June 4 



May 28-9 libushels 

 per acre 

 W deep 

 drills 2ft 

 apart 



June 19 



June 6 



Drilled 

 rather 

 over 2 

 bushels. 

 Dibbled, 

 1-H bus- 

 hels 



Manuring 

 per Acre. 



2cwt.kainit, 

 4cwt. super.: 

 and later, 2 

 cwt. nitrate 



None 



Deep loam, 

 with fair 

 amount of 

 organic 

 matter 



Fairly strong 

 loam on 

 chalk sub- 

 soil. 



Good light 

 loam on 

 Northamp- 

 ton sand 



Gravelly 

 clay 



Olay loam, I 20 loads 

 on blue lias dung.3cwt. 

 in good I super.. fcwt. 

 heart and : sulph. amm 

 clean 



Previous 

 Cropping. 



Oats after 

 wheat 

 jgrownwith 

 farmyard. 

 Foldedwith Swedes & 

 ewes and l.OOOheaded 

 lambs get- kale with 



ting cake 



lOton farm- 

 yard 



10 loads 

 farmyard 

 and 3 cwt. 



super. 



Barley 



Average 

 Yield per 

 acre or 

 other 



result. 



Light, good, 

 on brick- 

 earth sub- 

 soil. 



Lightish, 

 subsoil sand 



Poor.chalkv 



Light cal- 

 careous 

 loam 



lcwt. sulph. 

 amm..3cwt. 

 super., 3cwt. 

 kainit. 

 10 loads 

 dung, later 

 top-dressed 

 3 cwt. nit- 

 rate 



Dung 



Alluvial, on j 2cwt. super. 

 Weald. good 

 condition 



77 ton 



Failed 



Crop very 

 small; not 

 weighed 



Failed 



loton 17cwt 



Failed 



17ton 7cwt 



llton 6cwt 

 7ton 13cwt 



Wheatwith 

 14 loads 

 dung 



Barley 10tonl9cwt 

 after roots 



Rye 



Weald clay, 

 somewhat 

 sandy 



Surrey 



June 17 Dibbled,, Clay loam ... 



| H-2 bus- 



i hels I 

 May 31 Drilled, 2 Sandy loam, 



bushels good 



3k inches ; 



deep 2ft. j 



apart 



7-8 ton farm 

 yard, lcwt. 

 nitrate on 

 June 6 and 

 again early 

 in August. 

 Good dress- 

 ing of peat 

 dung 

 Xone 



Mangolds, 

 heavily 

 manured 



Failed 

 15ton 4cwt 



Failed, not 

 weighed 



Failed 

 llton 14cwt 



9ton 4cwt 



14ton 18cwt 



lOton 9cwt, 



Taking first the centres where negative results were obtained, 



