Table  II. — Continuous  Growing  of  Barley,  1903  {21th  Season). 
(Harley  grown  year  afler  year  on  the  same  land,  the  manures  being 
applied  every  year.) 
Stackyard  Field — Produce  per  acre. 
291 
Head  corn 
Tail 
corn 
Straw, 
chaff, 
&c. 
Value 
per 
Wglit. 
No. 
of 
bush. 
VVgt. 
per 
busii. 
1 Weight 
quarter 
on  basis 
of  :f78. 
Lb. 
92 
1-8 
Lb. 
50-0 
Lb. 
3 
C.  q.  lb. 
2 1 6 
8.  d. 
23  6 
07 
1-3 
52’0 
2 
1 126 
23  6 
282 
5’6 
50-0 
6 
6 2 4 
24  0 
524 
10-2 
511 
28 
9 014 
22  6 
. 65 
1-25 
52'0 
1 
2 010 
24  0 
69 
1-33 
52-0 
2 
1 2 1 
24  6' 
617 
11-5 
53-5 
14 
9 12 
26  0 
1,270 
24-4 
.52-1 
22 
15  3 24 
26  0 
107 
2‘2 
48-0 
6 
2 1 18 
24  6 
359 
6-9 
50'0 
20 
5 112 
25  6 
1,323 
25-0 
52'7 
32 
15  120 
28  0 
163 
3*1 
520 
4 
2 0 24 
25  0 
747 
14-2 
520 
24 
8 0 20 
30  0 
2,175 
41-6 
.52-3 
36 
26  3 20 
26  6 
702 
13-4 
52-5 
14 
8 124 
30  0 
348 
6-6 
52-0 
8 
5 1 22 
26  6 
1,451 
27-4 
,53'0 
28 
13  2 18 
27  6 
644 
12-3 
52T> 
18 
7 0 8 
28  0 
1,332 
25-3 
527 
28 
14  2 4 
31  0 
8a 
8aa 
8b 
8bb 
9a 
9b 
lOa 
lOb 
11a 
Lib 
Mjinurfs  iier  acre 
Unmanured .... 
i ' Ammonia  salts  (containing 
1 50  lb.  ammonia) 
{Ammonia  salts  (containing 
.50  lb.  ammonia)  with  2 tons 
lime,  December,  1897 
] Nitrate  of  soda  (containing 
I nitrogen=50  lb.  ammonia) 
Mixed  mineral  manures 
(sulphates  of  potash,  soda, 
and  magnesia,  with  super- 
phosphate) 
( Mixed  mineral  manures  and 
( ammonia  salts  (containing 
I,  50  lb.  ammonia) 
{Mixed  mineral  manures  and 
ammonia  salts  (containing 
501b.  ammonia),  with  2 tons 
lime,  December,  1897 
{Mixed  mineral  manures  and 
nitrate  of  soda  (containing 
nitrogen=50  lb.  ammonia) 
Unmanured .... 
{Mineral  manures  and  (in  al- 
ternate years,  1903  included ) 
ammonia  salts  (=100  lb.  am- 
monia) .... 
(Mineral  manures  and  (in  al- 
ternate years.  1903  included) 
ammonia  salts  (=100  lb.  am- 
monia), with  2 tons  lime, 
December,  1897 
{Mineral  manures,  ammonia 
salts  (=100  lb.  ammonia) 
omitted  (in  alternate  years, 
including  1903). 
{Mineral  manures,  ammonia 
salts  (=100  lb.  ammonia) 
omitted  (in  alternate  years, 
including  1903),  with  2 tons 
lime,  December,  1897 
{Mineral  manures  and  (in  al- 
ternate years,  1903  inclu  ded) 
nitrate  of  soda  (containing 
nitrogen=100  lb.  ammonia) 
{Mineral  manures,  nitrate  of 
soda  (containing  nitrogen= 
100  lb.  ammonia)  omitted 
(in  alternate  years,  includ- 
ing 1903)  .... 
( 1899,  rape  cake  (=50  lb.  am- 1 
I monia).  No  manure  since  / 
( liape  cake  (=100  lb.  am- ) 
1 monia)  every  year  since  1890  J 
{1877-1881,  farmyard  manure ) 
(=200  lb.  ammonia).  No  > 
manure  since  . . . J 
( Farmyard  manure  (=200  lb.  \ 
1 ammonia)  every  year  . J 
Thrre  is  iiractically  no 
(liffei'ence  between  iilots  1 
and  2a;  they  are  unriiie, 
poor  quality,  green  barleys 
f Practically  the  same  as  plot 
I 4,  but  a little  greener 
f Without  doubt  the  worst 
sample ; pour,  thin,  com- 
^ mon  lot  of  barley 
t Inferior  sample  cif  barley, 
with  thick  skin;  badly 
< threshed 
f This  samiile  is  quite  as  good 
I as  plot  7,  but  has  been 
I damaged  by  rats 
Pel  ter  sample  than  2b,  but 
has  ti  thick  and  coarse 
skin,  and  shows  a lot  of 
weathered  corns 
' A usi'ful  barley,  but  badly 
. matured 
(’olour  and  brightness  are 
not  so  good  as  phit  sb,  but 
it  is  a more  even  sample 
than  plot  1,  and  more  sale- 
able 
rnripe,  and  greener  than 
. plot  0 
{ Not  so  itlump  as  plot  9b, 
I being  coarser  in  the  skin, 
I and  having  a green  tinge 
I about  it 
/ Poor  lot  of  barley,  having 
j thick  skin,  and  shows  signs 
^ , of  weather 
/Second  best  in  set,  and 
I runs  plot  111)  very  close, 
j being  well  bodied,  with  a 
; good  skill ; it  is  well  above 
the  avei*age,  but  unfortu- 
I nately  has  been  cut  too 
V close  in  the  threshing 
Same  as  plot  loa 
rVery  useful  lot  of  barley, 
I but  has  suffered  from 
I weather  a little  more  than 
[ plots  lib  and  8bb 
('Thinner  grains  than  plots 
I lla  and  lob,  and  they  have 
I all  an  unripe  tinge  about 
I them 
f Not  so  kind  a sampleaslla, 
\ probably  not  ([uite  so  ripe 
Very  useful  lot  of  barley; 
the  skin  is  rather  thick 
and  coarse,  but  the  sample 
shows  very  few  skinned 
grains,  and  is  generally 
better  threshed 
Excellent  sample  of  barley; 
it  is  mellower  than  jilots 
abb  and  ub,  and  decidedly 
the  kindest  barley  in  the 
set ; it  has  the  best  skin, 
and  is  an  all-round  well- 
. grown  barley. 
* Auimuuia  biuis  are  equal  weignts  oi  sulphate  ot 
t Mixed  mineral  manures  are,  throughout,  3i  cwt 
IXItadi,  100  lb.  sulphate  of  soda,  and  100  lb.  sulphate  of 
ammonia  and  muriate  ot  ammonia. 
. superphosphate  of  lime,  200  lb.  sulphate  of 
magnesia  per  acre. 
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