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14. Light Soil, and various Subsoil; Light Surface upon Sandy 

 Marl. — Sown October ; drained 3 feet ; dressed with farm-yard dung 

 before sowing, and with urinal dressing after each cutting ; three crops, 

 3 feet each. — W. Heap Hutchinson, Esq. 



15. Sandy Loam upon Clayey Chalk Marl. — Sown October; 

 drained 3 feet deep ; no dressing, no urine ; three crops up to August 23, 

 each 2 feet 4 inches high. — G. Gilliatt, Esq. 



16. Loamy Subsoil, Stiff and Sandy. — Sown September; drained 

 2 feet 6 inches; no manure; four crops, 18 to 20 inches high.— 

 Edwin East, Esq. 



17. Light Clay Loam. — Sown September; not drained; dressed 

 with tank-water after cutting ; four crops in six months. — Rd. Dyson, 

 Esq. 



18. Clay and Flints, Subsoil Chalk. — Sown September ; three 

 quarters of an acre ; not drained ; lightly dressed with dung ; no urine; 

 kept forty-one year-old Southdown sheep from April 22 to May 25 ; 

 cut for seed July 2 ; produce 37 bushels ; cut for horse-food August 15, 

 which it kept twenty-one days ; the seed-crop made into a stack of hay 

 30 feet in circumference. — Rev. J. Phelp. 



19. Clay upon Gravel. — Sown end of October; no drainage, no 

 manure, no urine, and wet; one crop half a ton to the acre, and fed 

 once. — R. Allfrey, Esq. 



20. Strong Surface, Clay Subsoil, Stiff Marl on Clay. — Sown in 

 September ; part drained, and part not ; dressed on surface with dung, 

 no urine ; succeeded admirably in part, and failed in part. — G. Harri- 

 son, Esq. 



21. Good Loam, Retentive Subsoil. — Sown in October; drained 30 

 inches, and subsoiled ; dressed after first cutting with 10 tons of rotten 

 dung, spread on surface ; two crops of seed, 20 to 24 inches of grass to 

 each. — W. H. Little, Esq. 



22. Stiff Loam upon Clay. — Sown in September ; drained 2 feet ; 

 London dung ploughed in ; no urine, but used nitrate of soda after 

 second with success. Three crops up to September, and partly fed ; 

 two first crops produced 6 loads of hay to the acre. — Josiah Hunt, 

 Esq. 



23. Stiff Mould upon Stiff Clay. — Sown September ; partially 

 drained; dressed part with tank- water, part with nitrate of soda, and 

 part with guano. Three crops : April 28, 2 feet 6 inches high ; June 1, 

 2 feet; July 1, nearly 2 feet, and thin. — Jno. Hoper, Esq. 



24. Sandy Loam upon Clay ; Fresh Land. — Sown October ; 

 drained 3 feet ; no manure, no urine. Three crops : May 1 for hay ; 

 July 10, seed ; September 8 for seed again, 2 tons per acre. Each crop 

 of hay double any other crop of grass. — D. S. Hayward, Esq. 



25. Fresh Common Layid upon Clay. — Sown October; no drainage, 

 no manure, no urine ; four crops from April 4 to August 8. — J. Cheal, 

 Esq. 



26. Heavy Loam upon Clay. — Sown September ; drained 30 inches ; 

 dressed lightly wdth turf and night-soil, and watered with cows' urine. 



