Manurial Experiments on Pasture. 



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applied to plot 4 shows that a potash manure has been 

 moderately effective in increasing the bulk of the produce. 



Manured 1898 only. 



Plot. 



Manure per Acre. 



Cost per 

 Acre. 



Weight of Grass (Green] 

 per Acre. 



Increase in 

 two years 

 over unman- 

 ured plot. 



Value of 

 increase at 







1898 



1898. 1899. 



.£1 a ton. 







£ s. d. 



tons cwt. lb 



tons cwt. lb. 



tons cwt. lb. 



£ s. d. 



I 



| No Manure - - - - 





3 J S 0 



2 3 84 









3! cwt. Superphosphate - 



092 



4 18 74 



3. 8 34 



2 8 24 



282 



3 



| 5 cwt. Basic Slag - 



0 n 3 



5 8 54 



3 14 12 



3 3 94 



3 3 10 



4 



1 5 cwt. Basic Slag - ) 

 1 „ Nitrate of Soda / 



0 19 9 



5 12 106 



. 3 18 64 



3 12 86 



3 12 9 



5 



1 cwt. Nitrate of Soda^ 

 1 5 „ Basic Slag - - 

 i 3 >, Kainit - - J 



173 



5 14 3'2 



4 7 106 



4 54 



4 3 6 





Manured 1898 and 



1899. 







Plot. 



Manure per Acre. 



Cost per 

 Acre. 



Weight of Grass (Green) 

 per Acre. 



Increase in 

 two years 

 over unman- 

 ured plot. 



Value of 

 increase at 







1898-1899. 



1898. 



1899. 



£1 per ton. 







£ s. d. 



tons cwt. lb. 



tons cwt. lb. 



tons cwt. lb. 



£ s. cl. 



X 



No Manure 





3 15 0 



2 3 84 







2 



3! cwt. Superphosphate - 



0 19 2 



4 18 74 



4 3 4 



3 2 106 



3 3 1 1 



3 



5 Basic Slag - 



1 3 *i 



5 8 54 



4 4 42 



3 14 12 



3 J 4 1 . 



4 



5 cwt. Basic Slag - - t 

 1 .. Nitrate of Soda- f 



2 0 4^ 



5 12 106 



5 10 30 



5 4 52 



5 4 5 



5 



1 cwt. Nitrate of Socla-^ 

 5 ,, Basic Slag - - J- 

 3 ,, Kainit - - J 



2 15 4* 



5 14 32 



6 4 12 



5 19 72 



5 19 8 



In the second table the results are shown where the 

 manures have been applied two years in succession. It is 

 again seen here that in all cases the manures have given 

 good results, and tha.t basic slag still proves more useful 

 than superphosphate. The nitrate of soda will be seen to 

 have been more useful where it has been employed for two 

 years in succession. The last column of both tables shows 

 the value of the increase of the different manures, this 

 increase being valued at^i a ton. It is reckoned that 2 J tons 

 of green grass will produce about one ton of hay. 



