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y. C 
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. . ^ ' 5 . ' 
1 - • 
-3- 
t- 
Treatme nt 
No. of plants 
Total dry weight of 
plants 
Mean dry 
we ight 
1 
14 
12 Icat. 
0.86 
ka t « 
2 
13 
11 ” 
0.85 
3 
13 
9.5 " 
* 
0.73 
tt 
Crop yields were fairly >}jn!l he> eunder is tabulated 
a record. 
Treatment No. 
of plants 
Cobs d: grains 
« 
grains 
1 
1 
1 
fr 1 
1 
4 kat. 
1 kat. 
15 tahlls 
k 
13 
4 
1 « 
12 
3 
13 
4 ** 
1 . •' 
13 " 
Very few traces of grass clippings were found after 
uprooting the plants. }2vidently the green matter had already 
been converted to humua. 
Discus 3 ion . 
This experiment shcwo fairly accurately that the full 
advantages of Cianpostlng are obtaimible by supplying giw/.ing 
plants with a getierous initial application of green manuring, • 
It also shews that the conversion of organic matter 
into available plant food is eufflciently rapid to allow for 
fast development of the plants. ' 
i 
It is adKil^tcd that on large scale agriculture green 
manuring would be impossible as green ve^c^able mattex' would not 
be procurable in bulk. Composting is not prac'*'lcable either; 
material for* manufacture Is Ijmltod; time in preparation and 
the subsequent nicroblolf)glcal decomposition makes such a scheme 
costly and Imprudent. However for the amateur gardener and small 
holder it would be niore convenient and practicable to green 
manure than is compost > and the former is shown to be equally 
satisfactory , 
