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CORN AND GRASS. 
[Isle of Man. 
€; 
Crop Injured and 
Manure and 
Date of Sowing 
Observer. 
Nature of Crop 
Nature of Soil. 
Preparation of 
and Weather at 
preceding. 
Land. 
Time. 
Ballaugli .. 
No injury 
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IV. 
V.* 
Wheat crop out of 
Soil inclining to 
Land limed the 
Wheat about 
lea suffered. 
gravelly. 
year before. 
the middle of 
December. 
VI. 
Turnips suffered 
Sandy 
Seaweed put 
Turnips sown 
slightly. 
under Pota- 
about end of 
toes (not for 
Turnips). 
May. 
VII. 
No injury 
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Last year Tur- 
Wheat from be- 
nip crop a 
ginning of 
comparative 
Dec. Wea- 
failure where 
ther favour- 
patent manure 
only was used. 
able. 
Kirk 
Very little, if any. 
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Michael. 
I. 
II. 
No money loss, but 
Light and sandy 
Patent bone- 
Injured about 
some Turnips 
soil. No Tur- 
dust manure, 
2nd week in 
pulled up by 
nips noticed 
no farm-yard 
June, unin- 
rooks (after Oats). 
pulled up on 
heavier land. 
manure, and 
on heavier 
jured about 
25th May. 
land farm-yard 
manure. 
III. 
Potatoes after Bar- 
Light mould, 
Extra crop of 
Planted about 
ley. 
blackish loam. 
seaweed on it, 
5 th of April 
and ploughed 
under farm 
in fine weather. 
manure heavy. 
German .. 
No injury 
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Patrick 
No injury 
Soil dry .. 
Land prepared in 
• • • • 
I. 
time with lime, 
seaweed, and 
farm manure. 
II. 
Very little .. 
Heavy soil 
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III. 
Immaterial .. 
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* Of a 7-acre field observed, of which 3 acres were treated with farm manure; a portion with patent 
and had the 
