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season — Browick wheat — was dibbled in between the 13th and 
15th of November, 1879. It was in the ground lor luUy 
2J months before it got througli the surface. 
The salts of ammonia and nitrate of soda were sown on the 
11th and 12th of March, 1880. 
The dung required for the experiments on the continuous 
growth of wheat and barley was produced by eight bullocks, 
four making dung for the wheat and four for the barley 
experiments. 
Each bullock received daily as food : 4 lbs. of decorticated 
cotton-cake, about 6^ lbs. of Indian corn-meal, 48 lbs. of man- 
golds, and 8 lbs. of wheat-straw chaff; they were put into the 
feeding-boxes on the 1st of December, 1879, and in the course 
of 5 weeks consumed : 
5 cwts. of decorticated cotton-cake, 
8 cwts. of Indian corn-meal, 
3 tons of mangold-wurtzel, and 
10 cwts. of wheat-straw chaff. 
They were supplied with 11 J cwts. of wheat-straw as litter, 
cut into chaff of about 2 inches in length. 
The bullocks were put into the feeding-boxes on the 1st of 
December, 1879, when their weight was as follows : 
Bullocks malting Manure for Permanent Wheat Experiments^ 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. 
No. 1 8 2^1 Total weight of 
„ 2 9 0 51 four bullocks on the 
„ 3 9 1 Oj l.st Dec. 1879: 
„ 4 9 0 14 J 1 ton 15 cwts. 3 qrs. 27 lbs. 
On the 5th of January, 1880, the bullocks which made the- 
dung for the wheat experiments weighed as follows : — 
Gain from Dec. 1, 1879, to Jan. f, 
1880 (5 weeks). 
Cwts. qrs. lbs. qrs. lbs. 
No. 1 9 0 8 .. 2 0 
„ 2 9 0 17 .. 0 12 
„ 3 9 3 9 .. 2 9 
„ 4 9 2 22 .. 2 8 
The four bullocks accordingly increased 39"4 lbs. per week, 
or each gained on an average 9 85 lbs. per week. 
The dung was removed from the feeding-boxes on the 5th of 
January and put into a covered hovel, closed on all sides, and 
thereby all loss by drainage was avoided. At the time of its 
application the dung was weighed, and the requisite quantity, 
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Total gaia in 
5 weeks : 
1 cwt. 3 qrs. 1 lb. 
