for Twenty Years in succession on the same Laud. 
103 
and north-east wind, and some snow ; April and IMay were for 
the most part cold and wet, with the exception of a short period 
in the middle of each month ; June was variable, with a good 
deal of rain and cold wind ; the greater part of July was exces- 
sively wet, with low temperatures, but the end of the month, and 
I the beginning of August, were fine ; the remainder of August, 
and September, were dull, unsettled, wet, and cold. Both the 
dew point and the degree of humidity of the air were generally, 
and, especially the latter, sometimes considerably below the 
average in June, July, August, and September. 
Thus the autumn and early winter were exceedingly wet ; so 
much so, indeed, that a considerable breadth of the land intended 
for wheat could not be sown. The remainder of the winter, and 
the spring, were for the most part unseasonably cold, or cold 
and wet ; so also were the summer, and the harvest time, with 
the exception of a short period at the end of July and the 
beginning of August. 
The wheat crop was reported to cover a very limited area, and to 
be far inferior to that of any season for many years past. Barley 
and oats were, however, sown over an unusually large area, and 
neither crop was reported to have suffered anything like so much 
as wheat. 
The experimental wheat was not sown until the spring, and 
its crop Avas one of the worst that has been obtained up to the 
present time. The experimental barley was not sown until 
April 11 ; and the following are the results obtained on the 
selected plots : — 
I Table III.— Quantity and Qualify of Barley on Selected Plots, Second Season, 1853. 
PRODUCE PER ACRE, &c. 
riots. 
MANURES, TER ACRE. 
Dressed Corn. 
Straw 
and 
Chaff. 
Total 
Corn 
Quantitj'. 
Weight 
per 
Bushel. 
Total 
Corn. 
Produce 
(Corn und 
Straw). 
to 
100 
Straw. 
Bushels. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Cwts. 
lbs. 
14 Tons Fai-m-yard Manure 
,51-6 
2136 
22f 
4682 
83-9 
1 0 
51-4 
1552 
18 
3562 
77-2 
4 0 
Mixed Mineral jMauure 
35i 
52-1 
2017 
20| 
4312 
87-9 
1 A 
200 lbs. Ammonia-salts 
38i 
38J 
52-4 
2285 
231 
4950 
85-7 
4 A 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and l 
200 lbs. Ammonia-salls .. J 
53-1 
2309 
2Ci 
5284 
77-6 
4 AA 
Mixed Mineral Manure, andl 
400 lbs. Ammonia-salts . . J 
44J 
51-4 
2590 
315 
6134 
73-1 
4C 
Mixed Mineral Manure, andl 
2000 lbs. Kape-cake . . ../ 
401 
,'50-4 
2302 
27J 
53S6 
74-6 
Under the influence of this unusually cold and wet season, the 
weight of total produce (corn and straw together) was, without 
