398 On the Continuous Growth of Wheat on the 
crop of the country was 25 bushels per acre, calculated upon a 
a weight of 61 lbs. 
Table III. — Sujimakt of the Eesults of the Twenty-thibd Season, 
1865-66. 
Plots. 
Manures. 
(Qaanlliies per Acre.) 
Produce per Acre, &c. 
Dressed Cora. 
Total 
Coru. 
Straw 
and 
Chaff. 
UUll 1 1 L V • 
Weight 
Bushel. 
3 
£i 
10a 
9b 
OA & B 
6a & b| 
7a & b| 
9a i 
8a & b| 
400 lbs. ammonium-salts alone = 86 lbs. N. 
550 lbs. nitrate of soda alone = 86 lbs. N. 
200 lbs. ammonium-salts = 43 lbs. N. . . / 
400 lbs. ammonium-salts = 86 lbs. N. .. / 
550 lbs. nitrate of soda = 86 lbs. N. .. / 
600 lbs. ammonium-salts = 129 lbs. N. .. ) 
bush. pks. 
12 OJ 
32 2| 
26 1 
30 3 
13 1 
20 2 
29 31 
32 2 
32 OJ 
lbs. 
61-3 
61-7 
61-2 
59- 9 
60- 9 
61- 0 
61-0 
60-6 
60-1 
lbs. 
777 
2070 
1693 
1979 
838 
1294 
1891 
2061 
2054 
lbs. 
1269 
4058 
2792 
4682 
1465 
2248 
3884 
5316 
5312 
Estimated average for the United Kingdoml 
25 0^ 
61-0 1 .. ; .. 
Twenty-fourth Season, 1866-67. 
The concluding quarter of 1866 was generally warmer than 
the average, though it included some cold intervals. There was 
somewhat less than the usual aggregate amount of rain, though 
a good deal fell within a short interval about the middle of 
November, causing floods, and hindering autumn sowing in 
some localities. In January, 1867, the fluctuations were very 
great ; extreme cold and heavy falls of snow, alternating with 
rapid thaws, warm weather, heavy gales, and a good deal of 
rain. The last week of January and almost the whole of 
February were unusually warm, with a large amount of rain 
at the beginning, and a moderate quantity over the rest of the 
period. March, again, was almost to the conclusion very cold 
and wintry, with a good deal of snow. Throughout the quarter 
there was a succession of gales and wind. Owing to the severe 
weather of March, the growth of winter sown crops was checked ; 
and owing partly to the wet, and partly to the frost, the pre- 
paration of the land for spring sowing was much retarded. 
April, and the beginning of May, were very unsettled; stormy, 
rainy, and changeable as to temperature, but, on the average, 
