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strip of early-sown yellow turnips between two lots of swedes. 
Manure used, farmyard and fish phosphate. The oat stubble was 
ploughed about 8 inches deep, and was twice ploughed again before 
drilling."— J. B. S. 
"Clay loam. Not autumn cultivated. Ploughed deeply in 
autumn and twice in spring. Half of kohl rabi was faimyard 
manured, but no difference is to be seen between the manured and 
unmanured parts. Dissolved bones and half-inch bones were drilled 
with kohl rabi and turnips. No salt was used." — R. W. S. 
Nature of land, heavy, sti'ong soil; spade-and-fork culture nearly 
throughout. Dug in autumn to the depth of 8 or 9 inches, gave 
part a light dressing of gaslime ; the heavy dressing would be at the 
rate of 3 tons per acre, and the light one H tons per acre, about 
December 19. Allowed it to remain on the top until March, and 
where the heavier dressing was put very little destruction was done 
by the caterpillars ; good litter manure was used at the rate of 12 
tons per acre ; also specially prepared artificial manure of 5 cwt. per 
acre ; 1 cwt. of salt per acre was part of the artificial manure." — S. S. 
' ' The land at Gorton is a strongish top .soil on yellow clay, and owing 
to the exceedingly diy weather up to October, and frost and snow 
afterwards, was not ploughed or cultivated until latter end of February 
or the beginning of March, and then only ploughed fleetly. In some 
cases tlie manuring for swedes was town manure, fish refuse, with a 
good proportion of salt mixed up together and put on at the rate of 
ten loads per acre, while in others 4 cwt. mineral superphosphate 
and ^ cwt. nitrate of soda were applied before the attack. At 
Whitlingham the surface soil is a light soil on brick earth, and was 
cultivated in the autumn and ploughed a good depth in the spring 
before putting in the swedes. Some fields were manured with ten 
loads farmyard manure and others with 4 cwt. mineral superphos- 
phate per acre." — G. T. 
" A. — Moderately strong ; was deeply ploughed in spring, twice 
cross-ploughed, and well cultivated. 
"B. — Manuied with town manure on stubble and ploughed in 
and heavily manured with fold manure in drills just before sowing 
seed ; no salt used as manure." — F. W. 
" Light brown sandy loam, autumn cultivated ; ploughed about 7 or 
8 inches deep. Manure, bone meal, superphosphate, and slag ; no 
salt."— G. W. 
" Friable loam, farmyard manure ploughed under deep in ■\frinter ; 
a dressing of 5 cwt. steamed bones and H cwt. nitrate applied when 
turnips were sown ; no salt used." — T. H. W. 
SuMiMARY. — In this section it is hardly possible to give a sum- 
marised view of the information, in consequence of the various 
natures and various combinations of the nianurial applications, and 
the various natures of the soils to wliich they were applied. 
It is noticed in some cases that turnips under favourable circum- 
stances escaped with little injury, and several instances are given of 
those on clay or over strong land suffering ; but for practical use 
the above details would have to bo worked out at length by com- 
