218 On Permanent and Temporary Meadows and Pastures. 
My first care was to analyse the soil ; the analysis gave me 
the following results : — 
Composition in Tons per Acre. 
In the Soil. 
In the Subsoil. 
0 036 
1^799 
Phosphoric acid 
•535 
■100 
Lime 
89-13G 
8 340 
Magnesia 
■242 
•232 
Potash 
■057 
1^701 
Seeing the small percentage of phosphoric acid, I advised the 
ploughing in of 7^96 cwt. of fossil phosphate to the acre, 
together with 15"92 cwt. of lime, to render the nitrogen in the 
soil assimilable. I ordered, subsequently, a top-dressing of 
3'17 cwt. of superphosphate, containing 42'81 lbs. of phosphoric 
acid in an assimilable state ; the field was then sown with 
winter wheat. Up to May 1875 all appeared to be going on 
well ; but at that time the wheat-plant became yellow, and 
dwindled away, as it had done in previous years. On receiving 
information of this, I visited the field, and on May 30, 1875, I 
noticed that the wheat was only 11 to 15 inches high, with 3 or 4 
grains in the ear, whilst the neighbouring fields were full in the 
ear ; but I remarked, that in different parts of the field there 
were tufts of wheat-plants which had succeeded very well. 
This occurred where the urine of the animals employed in 
ploughing had fallen. I took a sample of the wheat-plants 
grown on these spots, and also of the general growth of the field, 
and submitted them to analysis. Here are the results :— 
AVhcat on 
Good Spots. 
Average Wlicat 
of Field. 
Mean weight of dried stalk 
Grains. 
27^315 
Grain:;. 
7^253 
Composition per 1000 pakts op Dry Substance. 
Organic matter 
Ash 
Silica 
932^300 
G7^700 
27^280 
5^130 
3^950 
11^475 
r570 
G^400 
2^070 
25^100 
925-100 
74^500 
30-900 
9-420 
3- 300 
5 --100 
1-980 
11 100 
4- 520 
29-000 
