270 Report on 'Experimenis conducted in 1887 liij 
III. — Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture. 
The annual report of the Chamber contains the account of 
another year of activity in the prosecution of experimental 
enquiry, and in this Mr. F. J. Cooke, of Flitcham, has again 
been indefatigable in his efforts, while Mr. Garrett Taylor and 
Mr. Sapwell have been his able supporters. 
Further experiments on barley have been carried out on the 
farms of the above gentlemen under varied conditions : — 
A. — Experiments on Barley after Roots drawn the Land, 
(a) Mr. Taylor's Farm at Whitlingham. 
( 1 cwt. nitrate soda 
12 „ superphosphate 
Nothing 
["2 cwt. nitrate soda 
2 „ superphosphate 
[ 1 „ muriate potash 
\\\ „ sulphate ammonia 
2 „ superphosphate 
[1 ,, muriate potash 
[ f „ sulphate ammonia 
2 „ superphosphate 
[l „ .muriate potash 
f 1 „ nitrate soda 
1 1 „ muriate potash 
1^ „ nitrate soda 
1 ,, nitrate soda 
2 „ superphosphate 
1 „ muriate potash 
Nothhig 
1 2 cwt. superphosphate 
1 1 „ muriate potash 
IJ ,, guano (10 per cent, ammonia) , . . 
( Koots folded with sheep and a dressing of ^ 
\ cwt. fish salt, sown March 8 
Duplicate — Roots folded, &c 
Head-corn 
Straw 
bushels 
cwt. qrs. lbs. 
44-37 
33 
1 
16 
36-25 
23 
1 
12 
49-87 
37 
3 
20 
42-60 
31 
1 
0 
42-12 
32 
1 
24 
40-25 
32 
2 
12 
40-78 
28 
1 
8 
42-12 
30 
1 
4 
34-62 
25 
0 
0 
33-34 
24 
1 
0 
37-93 
28 
1 
16 
52-50 
39 
0 
16 
53-12 
40 
1 
25 
Here barley followed swedes, which had been manured with 
4 cwt. of bone-flour, 1 cwt. of sulphate of ammonia, and 1 cwt. 
of gypsum per acre, the produce being nearly 20 tons. Mineral 
manures were sown for the barley on February 17, the barley, 
guano, and sulphate of ammonia being put in March 7-9, and 
the nitrate of soda top-dressing April 7. The produce of the 
unmanured plots, even in a season like the last, was a high one, 
viz. 35| bushels per acre, which gives an idea of the fertility of 
the land. In consequence the increased jiroduce due to the 
