hy Local Agricultural Societies. 
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1. Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture. 
Under the direction of Mr. F. J. Cooke, of Flitcham Abbey, 
King's Lynn, Mr. Garrett Taylor, of Trowse, Norwich, and 
Mr. B. B. Sapwell, of Sankence, Aylsham, the different sets of 
experiments undertaken by the Chamber have been very 
thoroughly carried out. 
A. Experiments on Barley after Swedes drawn off the 
Land. (Whitlingham.) 
The land selected was a very level field on Mr. Garrett 
Taylor's farm at Whitlingham, near Norwich. The soil was a 
light grittish, sandy loam, about 2 feet deep, with a subsoil of 
sand. A chemical analysis of it gave its composition as 
represented in column A : — 
(Soils dried at 212' F.) 
A. 
1 
B. 
Soda 
1- 65 
2- 18 
•61 
•13 
•45 
•46 
•14 
•02 
•09 
94^27 
1.94 
1^65 
216 
•86 
trace 
•53 
•30 
•11 
•19 
92-26 
100 00 
100-00 
•11 
•13 
•13 
•16 
A consideration of the figures would lead to the conclusion 
that the soil A was in poor condition, that it was deficient 
especially in phosphoric acid and potash, while the quantity of 
lime was also small. The previous crop on the land was swedes, 
grown with 5 cwt. per acre of dissolved bones, and the whole 
were carted off the land. The plan of manuring and results are 
given in Table I. (p. 256). The plots were half-acre ones. 
The part of the field not occupied by the experimental plots 
had been folded with sheep consuming the swedes on the 
land. Barley was also grown here, and a plot equal in size to 
the others was cut out and weighed. 
