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Table  I. — Produce  of  Continuous  Wheat.  Sixth  Season,  1882. 
Plots. 
— 
1 
2 
3 
4 
' 5 
6 
7 
8a 
8b 
9a 
9b 
10a 
10b 
11a 
11b 
Produce  per  Acre. 
Manures  per  Acre. 
Unmanured  
j 200  lbs.  ammonia-salts  alone,  applied) 
in  the  spring)  / 
'275  lbs.  nitrate  of  soda  (applied  in  the) 
. spring) J 
200  lbs.  sulphate  of  potash,  100  lbs.) 
sulphate  of  soda,  100  lbs.  sulphate! 
of  magnesia,  3)  cwts.  superphosphate  j 
200  lbs.  sulph.  potash,  100  lbs.  sulph.j 
soda,  100  lbs.  sulph.  magnesia,  3J  | 
cwts.  superphosphate  of  lime,  and  200  j 
lbs.  ammonia-salts  (in  spring)  ..  ..  J 
200  lbs.  sulph.  potash,  100  lbs.  sulph.j 
soda,  100  lbs.  sulph.  magnesia,  3.U 
cwts.  superphosphate  of  lime,  and  275  j 
lbs.  nitrate  of  soda  (in  spring)  ..  ..  J 
Unmanured  
200  lbs.  sulph.  potash,  100  lbs.  sulph.  1 
soda,  100  lbs.  sulph.  magnesia,  3J> 
cwts.  superphosphate  of  lime  . . . . | 
jThe  same  minerals  as  in  8a,  and  400  lbs.) 
ammonia-salts  ) 
200  lbs.  sulph.  potash,  100  lbs.  sulph. 
soda,  100  lbs.  sulph.  magnesia,  3) 
cwts.  superphosphate  of  lime  . . 
jThe  same  minerals  as  in  9a,  and  550) 
lbs.  nitrate  of  soda  (in  spring)  . . . . J 
No  manure  (having  received  manure 
as  10b  in  each  of  the  five  preceding 
seasons)  
Farmyard-manure,  estimated  to  contain’ 
nitrogen  = 100  lbs.  ammonia,  made' 
from  672  lbs.  decorticated  cotton-cake, 
1075  lbs.  maize-meal,  8064  lbs.  tur- 
nips, 134 1 lbs.  wheat-straw,  as  food ; 
and  1747  lbs.  wheat-straw  as  litter. 
Weight  about  4 tons 
No  manure  (having  received  manure 
as  11b  iu  each  of  the  five  preceding 
seasons)  . . 
Farmyard-manure,  estimated  to  contain) 
nitrogen  = 200  lbs.  ammonia,  made 
from  1344  lbs.  decorticated  cotton- 
cake,  2150  lbs.  maize-meal,  16,128  lbs. 
turnips,  2688  lbs.  wheat-straw  chaff, 
as  food;  and  3494  lbs.  wheat-straw 
l as  litter.  Weight  about  8 tons 
Dressed  Corn. 
Weight. 
Number 
of 
Bushels. 
Weight 
per 
Bushel. 
Straw,  Chaff, 
&c. 
lbs. 
705 
12-3 
lbs. 
57-25 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
18  1 25 
1866 
32 
58-3 
31  2 20 
1496 
26 
57-3 
32  0 22 
844 
14-9 
56-5 
18  3 24 
2098 
35  T 
59-6 
37  3 8 
1910 
32 'S 
58-8 
39  0 21 
736 
13-2 
55-5 
18  0 16 
776 
13-3 
58 
17  2 6 
2568 
43-5 
59 
55  0 6 
688 
12-2 
56 
18  1 8 
2112 
35-8 
58-8 
49  2 22 
874 
15-6 
55-75 
19  0 22 
952 
16-6 
57 
24  1 
S96 
15-3 
58-5 
20  1 2 
1254 
21  G 
58 
30  3 14 
