upon Oats, Barley, and TfTieat. 
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worth 26^. per acre rental. Situation — level., and free from all 
extraneous influences. Prior Crops — seeds (pastured) ; icheat 
(rape-dust) ; turnips (farm manure, and partially consumed on 
the land br sheep). 
Management. — Drilled, April 6, lS-i2, and applications made 
as follows : — 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
Nit. Soda 
Nilnte of 
Rape-dust. 
and Salt. 
No. 1. Aiw i acre " japplied as a top-dnsmg, May 2, 1S42. 
2. do. Nit. potash, 2 St. do. do. 
3. _ do. Kodung. 
4. do. Salt, 6 ft. do. do. 
5. da Rape-dost, 3 bo^ drilled with tbe pain. 
Observations. — This experiment being precisely similar to the 
preceding one upon oats, and made at the same time, the effects 
in lx»th cases were very similar. At the time of top-dressing, 
raj>e-dust I'Xo. bj had the lead, which it maintained somewhat 
longer than in the oats, as the effect of the saline dressings upon 
the foliage of the plant was not so visible as in the other case. 
The balk, however, was increased, though the colour was not so 
much affected in Xos. 1 and 2, so that on July 1, I placed Xos. 
1, 2, and 5 equal. No. 4 next, and Xo. 3 last — all, however, being 
good. During the month of July, X o. 4 made an extraordinarv 
push, so that at the end of the month they stood thus : — 
J Ko. 4, Salt— rety good ; forward. 
( 1, Nit. soda ami salt — rerrgtMxl; ladier coaner in tlie straw. 
2. 2, Nit. potash — do. strainer in tbe straw than anT otho*. 
X 5, Rape-diMt — good; forward. 
4. 3, NodiiDg — fail crop; forward. 
At reaping time the above pectiliarities were more fully de- 
veloped. Thus, Xos. 1, 4, and 3 were riper than X o. 2. Xos. 
2 and 1 were coarser in the straw than the other, especially X o. 
2, which was much lodged. No. 4 was particularly white and 
brittle in the straw, and was fit for cutting before any other por- 
tion. Xo. 5 was also yellow in the straw: while No. 1 was 
darker than 4, and liehter in colour than 2. By these features 
the plots were distinguishable bv the casual observer. 
After reaping, Augtist 29, 1S42, the produce of the several 
plots was well weathered, and then thrashed, with the following 
results : — 
