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Experiment on the Growth of Swedes, 



No. cwt. lbs. 



1. — 5 cart-loads of cow manures to -} of an acre, rows 27 inches, weight 79 0 



80 0 

 „ 87 73 



„ 101 0 

 „ 73 82 



„ 89 12 



„ 74 26 



„ 82 0 



„ 90 0 



„ 80 0 



64 0 



2. — 5 „ horse „ 





27 



3. — 5 „ cow „ 



)> 



18 



4. — 5 „ horse ,, 



5J 



18 



5. — 5 bushels of half-inch bones 



5> 



27 



6- — <5 „ „ ^ „ 



J) 



18 



7. — 6i „ Poittevin's manure 





27 







18 



9. — 5 „ Avith soot and ashes 



18 



10. — Bone refuse, with soot and ashes, cost IG*. 



18 



11. — Grass and weeds, 5 cart-loads put 



in green 



18 



Manor House, April 26, 1841. 







4. Experiment on Swedes. By Isaac Everitt. 



Width 

 Drilled on 



Width 

 Drilled on 



No. of 



Turnips 



Weight per 

 rod, topped 



Weight of 

 tops and 

 tails, per 

 rod. 



Description of Manure used. 



Ridges. 



flat surface. 



per rod. 



and 



tailed. 











St. 



lbs. 



St. lbs. 





27 inches 





106 



13 



10 



2 8 



9 loads of muck and 9 bushels of 

 bones per acre. 





18 inches 



132 



13 



10 



3 8 



9 loads of muck and 9 bushels of 















bones per acre. 

 9 loads of muck and 9 bushels of 

 rape-cake per acre. 



27 inches 



• • 



101 



14 



12 



3 2 





18 inches 



150 



15 



6 



3 8 



9 loads of muck and 9 bushels of 

 rape-cake per acre. 



27 inches 





116 



13 



12 



• • 



20 bushels of bones per acre, de- 

 posited between the ridges with 



























a drill. 





18 inches 



158 



14 



4 





16 bushels of bones per acre, de- 

 posited with drill at the same 

 time with the seed. 



27 inches 



• • 



116 



14 



6 



• * 



20 bushels of rape-cake per acre, 

 as the last. 





18 inches 



135 



13 



8 





1 6 bushels of rape-cake i}er acre, 

 as the last. 



27 inches 





116 



14 



4 





8 loads of muck and 9 bushels 

 of mixed bones and rape-cake, 

 per acre. 



P.S. — I need not say that the number of stones in weight upon 1 rod gives the same 

 number of tons per acre. 



The quantity of bones and rape-cake used in the four first trials cost 

 the same price per acre. 



It will be seen by this the rape-cake produced more weight per acre 

 than the bones, and the narrow drills more than the wide ones. The 

 land on which these 4 rods were grown is a light loam with a chalk 

 subsoil. The swedes were sown in the first week of June, and weighed 

 on December the 15th. 



The swedes in the last four trials were weighed after the very severe 



