for Twenty Years in succession on the same Land. 121 
bushel of dressed corn was also, in most cases, fully equal to the 
average. 
Thus, although the winter-sown wheat had given less than an 
average yield, the spring-sown barley gave much more than 
an average. The wheat had suffered from the severity of the 
winter, which would doubtless be favourable, rather than other- 
wise, so far as the condition of the land for the barley was 
concerned. Both were subjected to the influence of a dry, cold, 
and backward spring, which would tend to root-development 
rather than early aboveground luxuriance. Plentiful rains fol- 
lowing in June, and again at the beginning of August, with, 
upon the whole, seasonable temperatures throughout the greater 
part of June, July, and August, conditions favourable for both 
crops were supplied. Hence, notwithstanding a deficient plant, 
the wheat turned out better than was expected ; and the barley 
being not too forward in its early stages, and, under the conditions 
of season, probably well rooted, gave, upon the whole, a much 
more than average crop, especially of grain. It should be added, 
that the riper crops, those with superphosphate of lime in the 
manure, were not cut until August 20th and 21st, and the re- 
mainder not until August 27th. The earlier crops were, for 
the most part, a little laid, but none seriously. 
It will be seen that these results, obtained in the experi- 
mental fields, accord very well with those reported in regard t» 
the crops of the country at large. 
Eleventh Season, 1862. 
October, 1861, was generall}' mild, fine, and dry; November 
inclement, with an excess of rain, and unusually low tempera- 
ture, December was, upon the whole, warmer and drier than 
the average, but with a good deal of cold wind towards the end. 
January and February (1862) were, upon the whole, fine and 
dr}-, with a good deal of warmer, and but little of colder, weather 
than usual. The beginning of March was frosty, but the greater 
part unusually mild and wet. April was variable, with some 
unseasonably cold, but a good deal of warm, weather ; and a 
full average amount of rain. May was extremely wet, and, iri 
the early part especially, unusually warm. June, July, and 
August were, almost throughout, unsettled, with a good deal of 
wind and rain, and unusually low temperatures, the nights 
especially being frequently very cold ; and although the atmo- 
sphere contained less than the average actual amount of moisture, 
the degree of humidity of the air was, with the low tempera- 
tures, not correspondingly low. September was also variable, 
