for Twentif Years in succession on the same Land. ] 1 7 
point gener.illj ranged low ; but with the unusually low tem- 
peratures, the degree of humidity of the air was considerably 
above the average. 
Thus, the winter was alternately very mild and very cold, 
and upon the whole very wet. The spring, summer, and autumn, 
were very stormy, cold, wet, and unseasonable ; indeed, more so 
than had been known for many years past. 
The crops were very backward, and the harvest 2, 3, or more, 
weeks later than usual. Wheat was, in some localities, not 
deficient in bulk, but generally very much damaged, yielding 
but a small proportion of grain, and that of very low quality. 
The crop was, indeed, very much below the average, both in 
quantity and quality. Barley and oats were reported to be bulky, 
and generally abundant ; but barley especially in many dis- 
tricts much laid and damaged, and giving grain of inferior ' 
quality. 
Under the influence of the extraordinarily wet and cold growing 
and ripening season, the wheat-crop in the experimental field 
was very much below the average both in quantity and quality, 
though the deficiency was proportionally less with the heavier 
dressings. The crop was generally worse than any other, 
excepting that of 1853. The following results were obtained 
in the experimental barley field : — 
Table X. — Quantity and Quality of Barley ou Selected Plots. Ninth Season, 18G0. 
riots. 
MANURES, PER ACRE. 
PRODUCE PER ACRE, &c. 
Dressed Corn. 
Total 
Corn. 
Straw 
and 
Clia£f. 
Total 
Produce 
(Corn and 
Straw). 
Corn 
to 
100 
Straw. 
Quantity. 
Weight 
per Bush. 
1 0 
4 () 
1 A 
4 A 
4 A A 
4C 
14 Tons Farm-yard Manure 
Mixed Mineral Manure 
200 lbs. Ammonia-salts 
Mixed Mineral Manure, andl 
200 lbs. Ammonia-salts .. j 
Mixed Mineral Manure, andl 
200 lbs. ('j Ammonia-salts / 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and| 
1000 lbs. Eape-calte . . J 
Bushels. 
41i 
131 
18J 
2Gj 
43^ 
4G| 
403 
lbs. 
.'52 • 1 
.50-8 
51-3 
50- 8 
51- 1 
51-0 
51-1 
lbs. 
2319 
7.53 
1013 
1501 
2375 
2501 
2238 
Cwts. 
251 
26i 
29 
223 
lbs. 
5156 
1598 
2093 
3166 
5355 
574G 
4783 
81-7 
89- 1 
93-8 
90- 2 
79-7 
77-1 
87-9 
(') 400 lbs. tlie first G years (1852-7). 2000 lbs. the first 6 years (IS52-7). 
Bad as were the seasons of both 1859 and 18G0, yet they show 
some remarkable contrasts. 1859 was wet, much rain falling in 
heavy storms, unusually Avarm, and very early, some of the plots 
in the experimental barley field being cut on July 13th. On the 
