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manures were put on, unfortunately tlic clover, owing to excessive 
drauglit, fell off" by spots all over the lield, tliercl)y preventing my arriving 
at any satisfactory conclusion ; but this I could see, where the previous 
autunm I had put on sea-weed, gathered from the beach as tiie water 
washed it up, and put it on the layer at the rate of 15 tons jjer acre, the 
clover was not only thicker on the land up to the time of mowing — not 
even suffering from the drougiit which affected the rest of the field — 
but could be plainly seen all through the winter, looking a deeper green, 
having a broader leaf, and by being in a riper state for mowing for hay 
tlian the rest of the field at the proper time. 
I have never yet been able to discover any superiority on those parts 
where the above manures were tried, either in the after-grass or the 
wheats, although it is much too early yet to judge of the wheat now 
growing. 
Perhaps it is time I should say a few words on some of the manures 
used : the fish-mould consisted of a grampus weighing about 3 Ions, 
which was washed on shore near this parish ; I procured it, and after 
dragging it by sea to within a quarter of a mile of the field in which it 
was to be used, it was landed and dragged by twelve horses to its pro lem. 
resting-place : here it was cut into pieces of about 3 stones each, and 
packed up in alternate layers with mould, chalk, or, as we call it, marl, 
and lime ; and finally all was well covered over with mould and grass 
from the sides of the fences : it lay for about nine or twelve months 
before it was used, and during this time it was turned frequently to in- 
corporate. The salt and lime compound was prepared in the winter, 
precisely after the directions given by C. W. Johnson, in his work on 
Manures, or, as he more truly calls them, " Fertilizers," chapter the 
16th, p. 408 j and so far as my experience goes, as a toj)-dressing for 
grass and a manure for turnips, it will not do at all; whilst as a top- 
dressing for wheat, or to plough under for that crop, from personal 
observation 1 am satisfied it is excellent. I will now turn to some ex- 
periments on turnips. 
On the 15th of June, 1841, having measured out 6 acres of land, I 
had on each acre one of the following manures spread at the under- 
mentioned rates ; on the following day they were all ploughed in and 
the turnips sown on flat work : — 
£ s. d. Cwt. st. IIjs. 
No. 1. 15 bush, of bones, lull cost 2 12 6, produced 114 'A of bulb. 
1 1 of top. 
2. 10 loads of bullock 
manure . . . do. 2 10 0 do. 
3. 15 cwt. of animalized 
carbon . . . . do. 2 12 C do. 
12 
5 
n 
14 
5 
5 
1 
4 
16 
1 
10 
6 
6 
1 
3 
4 
7^ per square chain. 
13 1 ID per square chain. 
