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our record, the more trustworthy and the more valuable is the informa- 

 tion that we gain. 



Both of us, in the earlier years of our work, were sometimes diffident 

 in responding to requests for advice relating to the manuring of some of 

 the crops on which we had experimented. Although we feel, even now, 

 that our work is still young, we are, however, each year in a somewhat 

 better position to make suggestions to those who care for them ; and this 

 not merely in virtue of our own enlarged experience, but on account of 

 the wide interest which has been displayed in our work by practical 

 growers of fruit and vegetables on both a large and a small scale all over 

 the country, which happily affords us frequent opportunities of conversing 

 and comparing notes with others as to the practical results which they 

 have obtained from following our methods. 



Calculation of Weights of Fektilisers foe Small Plots. 



In the following pages it will be found that our manurial applications 

 are, for the sake of uniformity of comparison, calculated in quantities per 

 acre. For readers who may wish to manure smaller areas than this, it 

 may be convenient to give at once a short table enabling them to see at a 

 glance what are the corresponding quantities for smaller areas of ground. 

 We have therefore calculated the various dressings from 1 cwt. up to 

 8 cwt. per acre into their equivalent quantities for — 



1 rood (J of an acre). 



1 square rod or perch of a rood or of an acre). 

 1 square yard (4-gVo °* an acre). 



The calculation of dressings per yard is only approximate, but it will 

 be found convenient for the use of readers who wish to make experimental 

 trials on a small scale, or to manure even a few yards of domestic kitchen 

 garden. 



The various equivalent dressings are as follows : — 



Quantity per acre 



Equivalent quantity per 



Rood 



Square rod or parch 



Square yard 



cwt. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



' oz. 



1 



28 



2. 



§ 



2 



50 



4 



4 



4 



112 



H 





6 



168 



H 





8 



224 





3 



The simple fertilisers used in our experiments can, we may add, be 

 obtained in quite small quantities from any reputable dealer in manures 

 or horticultural requisites. 



