Report of Experiments on the Growth of Wheat. 
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In January (1857) there was a good deal of rain, and the greater 
part of the month was mild ; but it became colder, with frost 
and snow at the end of the month and the beginning of February. 
The remainder of February, and March, were very dry, with 
high barometer, frequent sharp frosty nights, and cold easterly 
winds. In April there was more rain, but also a good deal of 
fine though cold weather. May was fine, with a good deal of 
very warm weather, and but little rain. In June there was a 
good deal of fine and hot weather, but there were also several 
thunder-storms, with heavy falls of rain, which were much needed, 
and thoroughly penetrated the soil. During July the weather 
was generally fine, and occasionally very hot, with much less 
than the usual amount of rain. In August there were several 
thunder-storms with heavy rain, but otherwise the weather was 
fine and remarkably hot. In the early part of September a good 
deal of rain fell, but the remainder of the month was fine, and 
its temperature was pretty uniformly rather above the average. 
In June, July, and August, though the dew-point ranged some- 
what high, the temperature did so in a greater degree, so that the 
atmosphere was drier than usual. 
The winter, excepting in the early part, was therefore generally 
mild ; the spring was less so, with a good deal of dry weather, 
but with a sufficiency of rain in April. The summer was for 
the most part hot, with a dry atmosphere, but with genial and 
plentiful rains in June and the beginning of August ; and the 
harvest period was generally favourable. 
Table XIV. — Summary of the Results of the Fourteenth Season, 185G-7. 
Mancres. 
(Quantities per Acre.) 
Produce per Acre, &c. 
Dressed Com. 
Total 
^Corn. 
Straw 
and 
Chuff. 
Quantity. 
Weight 
per 
Bushel. 
14 tons Farmyard Manure (Plot 2) 
400 lbs. Ammonia-salts alone (Plot 10a) .. 
Mixed Mineral Manure alone (mean of Plots 5a\ 
and 56) J 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 100 lbs. Ammonia-1 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 200 lbs. Ammonia-} 
salts (mean of Plots 6a and 66) J 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 400 lbs. Ammonia-'l 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 600 lbs. Ammouia-I 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 800 lbs. Ammonia-'l 
salts (mean of Plots 16a and 166) J 
Bush. Pks. 
19 3| 
41 Of 
29 0£ 
23 3 
23 2i 
35 bj 
44 3i 
48 1 
49 U 
lbs. 
58-3 
60'4 
58-0 
58- 9 
60-6 
59- 9 
60'4 
60'7 
60- 5- 
lbs. 
1236 
2587 
1816 
1461 
1515 
2202 
2842 
3094 
3163 
lbs. 
1577 
3323 
2392 
1676 
1811 
2757 
3786 
4374 
4693 
