Sugar Beetroot in Great Britain. 



5i 



and Yield of Sugar-Beet, grown by Certain Experi- 

 the Season of 1898.— continued. 



Previous Cropping. 



Cultivation 

 and Treatment. 



Yield 

 per 



of Beet 

 Acre. 



;nce • 

 5ers. 



With 

 Tops. 



Without 

 Tops. 



Refen 

 Numl 







Tons. 



Tons. 





Grass - 



Ploughed and subsoiled ; 4 cwts. superphosphate, 

 3 cwts. kainit ; cwts. nitrate of soda per acre- 



28 



18 



27 



Clover, wheat- 



Dung ; 4J cwts. dissolved bones - 



13 





28 



Clover, wheat- 



Dung ploughed in, January ; ih cwts. guano - 



40 



30 



29 



Clover-lea, wheat, oats - 



Dung ; 2 cwts. ground bones, ij cwt. superphosphate 



20 



J 3l 



3" 



Peas, wheat - 



rs tons dung per acre ; 4 cwt. superphosphate, 1 

 cwt. nitrate at sowing 



2o£ 



Ilj 





Wheat, barley 





21 



14 



32 



Clover, wheat- 



15 tens dung ploughed in in the Autumn, 4 cwts. 

 superphosphate and bone meal, and 1 cwt. of 

 nitrate at sowing 



20 



18 



33 



Barley, oats - 



Dung and nitrate of soda ... . 



26 



*7 



34 



1896: 4-year old ley, 1897: 

 turnips eaten 0 ff by 

 sheep 



4 cwts. per acre of mangold manure 



22 



Hi 



35 



Roots, oats - 



dissolved bones 







36 



Mangold 





36 



H 



37 



Grass - 





20 



16 





Lucerne, oats 



Dung, 10 cwts.; sulphate of ammonia, i\ cwt., guano 

 2 cwts. 



12 



8 



39 



Swedes, oats - - - 



Dung in Autumn, 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia, 

 2 cwts. guano, 1 cwt. bones. 



isi 



10 



40 



Potatoes, oats 



to tons dung in Autumn ; 5 cwts. superphosphate 

 per acre in April 



16 



10 



41 



Oats, potatoes 



Lime, 2 tons per acre ; dung, 15 tons per acre 



40 



18 





Hay, oats 



15 tons dung per acre; 5 cwts. superphosphate and 

 10 cwts. potash. 





T->1 



43 



Oats - 



Dung and superphosphate 





I 



44 



Pasture grass 



Dung, 16 tons per acre ; kainit, 8 cwts. per acre 



16 



8 



45 



Grass, oats. - 



15 loads dung per acre, 3 cwts, artificial manure 

 mixture. 



19 





46 



Oats, grass 



2 cwts. sulphate of potash, 1 cwt. ammonia, 4 cwts. 

 superphosphate in April ; 1 cwt. nitrate in June. 



32 



16 



47 



J 



D 2 



