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Bullock No. 2 went off its feed once for three days, and 
did not seem to like the decorticated cotton-cake, but its com- 
panion got the benefit of the extra lot. Bullocks 3 and 4 lost 
slightly, and 5 and 6 gained slightly. The bullocks 7 and %y 
which were fed upon maize-meal as additional food, gained most 
in weight. The dung was taken out of the pits as soon as the 
feeding was over, and kept under cover until March 24th,. 
when it was carted on to the field and ploughed in. 
On April 3rd the land was drag-harrowed. The mineral 
manures were sown on plots 3 and 4 on May 24th, and the seed, 
3 lbs. of Gibbs's selected purple-top swede per acre, Avas drilled 
in on May 25th. On June 1st the land was horse-hoed, and the 
plants were singled out on June 12th. Horse-hoeing was done 
on June 27th, and hand-hoeing on June 30th. The nitrate of 
soda was sown by hand round the swedes on July 9th. In the 
middle of July the swedes looked even and free from disease. 
Towards the end of the month they looked well, except cn. 
plot 3 (heavily manured with nitrate of soda), where many were 
thistle-headed. Plot 4 was somewhat so likewise. 
Inspecting the plots on August 3rd, I made the following 
notes : The larger quantity of nitrate of soda on plot 3 shows 
well, and also the smaller quantity of nitrate on plot 4. On 
both plots, however, some plants are thistle-headed, that is to 
say, there are several small heads instead of one true head, 
which is not the case where no nitrate was used. On the 
maize-meal plot (No. 2) the swedes look almost as well as on 
plot 3 ; and the decorticated cotton-cake plot (No. 1) shows 
decidedly the best appearance of all. On November 3rd the 
roots were taken up, and showed a heavy crop, the roots 
being very sound. These were topped and tailed and weighed 
on November 24th, 1882, the weights being recorded in 
Table III. (p. 350). 
The heaviest crop by far was that of plot 3, grown with 
artificial manures containing the equivalent of all the mineral, 
and two-thirds of the nitrogenous constituents contained in 1000 
lbs. of decorticated cotton-cake. The next best was plot 4. These 
results were in direct accord with those obtained in rotation 4 
in 1882, though in 1883 all the crops were considerably heavier 
than in the year previous, both as regards roots and leaves. 
Rotation No. 2. — Four acres. 1877, mangolds ; 1878, barley ; 
1879, Steds; 1880, wheat; 1881, mangolds; 1882, barley; 
1883, seeds. 
Seeds, 1883. — The seeds, Dutch white clover, were sown 
among the barley on June 6th, 1882. In February 1883 the 
crop was standing well, and on May 2nd it was rolled ;. 
