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that day, and double that quantity (equal to 200 lbs. of ammonia 
per acre) to one-half of plot 11. 
On March 16th the land was ploughed a second time, and 
on March 31st the seed, Oakeshott's Golden Melon Barley, was 
sown at the rate of 9 pecks per acre, the mineral manures being 
sown at the same time, just in front of the drill. The nitro- 
genous top-dressings of ammonia-salts and nitrate of soda 
were sown on April 25th, after having been mixed with about 
three times their bulk of dry sand, and distributed by a broad- 
cast manure distributor. 
The land was rolled on May 2nd, and hoeing it began on 
May 9th. The fine weather of June caused the barley to grow 
well, and on June 30th it began to come out well, being healthy 
and even. The succeeding wet weather and storms of July 
seemed to do the barley more damage than the wheat ; and on 
several plots, especially plots 8 and 9, it was much storm- 
twisted. At the end of July it appeared much beaten down, 
and sunshine was badly needed. Plot 6 (nitrate of soda) and 
plot 11 (heavily dunged), in addition to the ones already 
mentioned, did not stand well. The improved weather in 
August caused a welcome change, and on inspecting the plots 
on August 3rd I made the following notes : — 
Plot 1 and plot 7 (unmanured). Barley looks well ; some- 
what thin, but better than plot 4, on which minerals alone 
had been sown. 
Plot 2 (ammonia-salts alone). A fine crop. 
Plot 3 (nitrate of soda alone). A good crop, and rather 
better than plot 2. 
Plot 5 (minerals and ammonia-salts). Almost the best crop 
of all. 
Plot 6 (minerals and nitrate of soda). Heavier crop than 
Plot 5, but barley very much twisted, and partly down on 
the ground. 
Plot 8a (minerals, and large quantity of ammonia-salts). A 
heavy crop, but barley much laid down, though not as 
much as on plot 9a. 
Plot 8b (minerals alone). Barley standing well up, and 
rather better than plot 9b. 
Plot 9 A (minerals, and large quantity of nitrate of soda). 
Very heavy crop, but much laid. The barley went down 
first on this plot. 
Plot 9b (minerals alone). Barley healthy, and better than 
on unmanured plots. 
Plot 10a (no dung for last two years). Barley good. 
Plot 10b (small quantity of dung every year). Better, though 
not much, than plot IOa. 
