Regarding the latter the result is so far disappointing. Out of 
four plots, Nos. 1 and 3 were manured, No. 2 was ohangkolled only, 
and No. 4 is kept as check. 
A record was kept of the yield for seven months before the manure 
was applied. During the succeeding 12 months the yield of 
plots Nos. 1 and 3 rose by only 1 lb. and 0 lbs. per acre 1 per annum, 
respectively, whereas the unmanured plots, Nos. 2 and 4, rose by 
20 lbs. and 51 lbs., respectively. 
During the last four months the yield of No. 1 has increased 
considerably, but as there has been a general increase all over the 
estate tv I as the check- block also shows an appreciable increase it is 
hardly fair to attribute the whole increase of No. 1 to the effect of 
the manure. 
The check-block had the best trees, and we naturally reckoned 
that a heavy dressing of manure would improve Nos. 1-3 to such 
au extent that they would at least be just as good as the check-block, 
and I am unable to explain why it did not. 
The following quantities of manure were applied per acre : 
Field No. I— 
500 lbs. basic slag and bone-meal, mixed ; 
600 „ lime ; 
100 ,, superphosphate and muriate of potash, mixed. 
Cost per acre, $36.77. 
Field No. Ill— 
500 lbs. basic slag and bone-meal, mixed ; 
600 „ lime ; 
100 ,, concentrated superphosphate. 
Cost per acre, $36,32. 
The manured trees look much better than those not manured 
and this improvement is sure to tell upon the yield in future, but 
that more than a year should elapse without any noteworthy increase 
of the yield seems to indicate that the mixtures wei*e not the most 
suitable for this particular soil. 
Discussion. 
The Chairman (Mr. R. W. Munro) : rising, after the applause 
given to Mr. Vesterdal had subsided, said: The subject chosen by 
Mr. Vesterdal is a very wide one and all of us will agree as to the 
importance of cultivation and the manuring of soil. If this is the 
first, as we hope it is, of .what will be a series of Agricultural 
Conferences, 1 think that we shall find that the question of the 
cultivation and manuring of soil is one that will have to receive 
a very large degree of attention at our Conferences. Mr. Vesterdal 
is in a position to tell us a great deal because he is in charge of 
