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Bones and Sulphuric Acid as Manures. 
earlier also to maturity." " The early season ajrainst them, as it 
checked their growth sooner than an ordinary one." * 
Date. Manures and Quantity. 
1843. Bone-dust . 2 bush. 
Sul. Acid . 46 lbs. 
Water . . 112 lbs. 
No. 2. 
Application. 
Diluted with wafer, 
100 times weight 
of the acid 
Produce. 
' Gave a good crop for quality 
of the ground — poor thin 
land." 
Nothing " Very inferior." 
Peculiarities. — Turnips on the solution " came rapidly on for the hoe." 
Mr. Williams made a numerous series of trials during 1843; as 
however the applicaiion of the solution was principally in conjunction 
with other manures, and on different varieties of turnips, it will be un- 
necessary to quote from them further than to say that they corroborate 
his former trials. 
Mr. Geddes' Experiments. 
Date. 
Manures and Quantity. 
Application. 
Produce 
per Acre. 
Cost per 
Acre. 
1812. 
Manure . loads. 
Boues . . 15 bush. 
( 
Tons. cwt. lbs. 
13 19 21 
£ t. d. 
3 12 6 
Bone-dust 1 bush. 
Acid . . 6 "5 lbs. 
Water. , 201^ lbs. 
] In 6600 lbs., or 660 1 
1 gallons of water . [ 
13 10 21 
0 1" 6 
Bones . . 12 bush. 
Dibbled .... 
11 9 21 
1 18 0 
Peculiarities. — " Sulphuric acid turnips made appearance first " — 
" the rapidity of growth continued to be maintained, and they came 
to hoeing 10 days before the dibbled bones, and 1 before the dung 
and bones." " The superiority of the sulphuric acid was visible at a 
great distance." " The warm season pushed all the sorts too rapidly 
to maturity, and they c:ime to premature ripeness for want of moisture 
— especially the sulphuric acid turnips, which were too far gone to be 
benelited when rain did come — which tells in an unfavourable manner 
agaiubt their weight as compared with the others." 
Mr. Geddes also " tried drills here and there throughout the field, with 
the same proportion of bones and acid as above, and the results were, in 
all cases, similar to those detailed." 
Dr. Monson's Experiments. 
Date. 
1843. 
Manures and Quantities. 
Per Acre. 
Application. Produce per .\crc. CostperAcre. 
I Bones . 4 l)ush.] with 50 times] Tons. c«t. lbs. £ s. d. 
.Sul. Acid !i6 lbs. \ weight of} 12 5 80 . 1 0 0 
ater . 381 lbs. j water . . j 
13 acres, with court-mauure, 20 loads per acre . 10 17 104 . 2 10 0 
8 acres ma' 
nured wi 
f; .Sul 
* The remarks on the peculiarities resulting from the application are in 
all cases extracted from published Reports. 
