Report, of Experiments on the Growth of Wheat. 135 
and, excepting in amount of straw, it was, under the better con- 
ditions of manuring', superior to that of 1859 also. 
The 'following is an abstract of the results obtained in the 
experimental field : — 
Table XVIII. — Summauy of the Results of tho Eighteenth Season, 
1860-61. 
Mantjbes. 
(Quantities per Acre.) 
Pkoduce PEit Ache, &c. 
Dressed Corn. 
Total 
Com. 
Straw 
and 
Chaff. 
Quantity. 
Weight 
per 
Bushel. 
400 lbs. Ammonia-salts alone (Plot 10«) .. 
Mixed Mineral Manure alone (mean of Plots 5ol 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 100 lbs. Ammonia-l 
salts (mean of Plots 21 and 22) / 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 200 lbs. Ammonia-1 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 400 lbs. Ammonia-^ 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 600 lbs. Ammonia-1 
Mixed Mineral Manure, and 800 lbs. Ammouia-l 
Bush. Pks. 
U 1| 
34 3i 
12 3i 
15 If 
18 01 
27 2| 
34 3J 
35 0 
37 0 
lbs. 
' 57*4 
60-5 
55-0 
59 • 1 
58- 4 
59- 4 
58-9 
58-4 
58-3 
lbs. 
736 
2202 
854 
1065 
1208 
1787 
2223 
2240 
2385 
lbs. 
1254 
3101 
1930 
1552 
1799 
2628 
3528 
3854 
4383 
Nineteenth Season, 1861-62. 
October (1861) was generally mild, fine, and dry; November 
inclement, with an excess of rain, and unusually low temperatures. 
December was, upon the whole, warmer and drier than usual, 
but with a good deal of cold wind towards the end. January 
and February (1862) were, upon the whole, fine and dry, with a 
good deal of warmer and but little of colder weather than usual. 
March commenced, with frosty weather, but the greater portion 
of it was unusually wet and mild. April was variable, with some 
unseasonably cold, but a good deal of warm weather, and a full 
average amount of rain. May was extremely wet, and, in the 
early part especially, unusually warm. June, July, and August 
were almost throughout unsettled, with a good deal of wind and 
rain, and unusually low temperatures, the nights especially being 
frequently very cold ; and, although the atmosphere contained 
less than the average actual amount of moisture, with the low 
temperatures, the degree of humidity was not correspondingly 
low. September was also variable, with a good deal of rain 
