62 
CORN AND GRASS. 
[Isle of Man. 
Parish of 
Observer. 
Crop Injured and 
Nature of Crop 
preceding. 
Nature of Soil. 
Manure and 
Preparation of 
Land. 
Date of Sowing 
and Weather at 
Time. 
Santon 
No injury this 
Have found peat 
Sowed this year 
• • • • 
year. 
soil most liable 
with the drill, 
to Wireworm. 
and did not do 
so formerly. 
Braddan .. 
Slight to Oats 
Sandy 
• • • • 
17th March. 
I. 
sown in ley field. 
II. 
No injury. Land 
Good brown 
Mostly use town 
Oats 20th to 
previously pas- 
earth. Sub- 
and farm ma- 
end of March. 
ture; Turnips 
soil shale or 
nure mixed. 
Barley about 
and Potatoes. 
rotten stone. 
the middle of 
Light or shal- 
April. Wea- 
low spots at- 
ther dry. 
tacked first. 
Onchan .. 
Much less than 
Find Wireworm 
• • • • 
In March. Wea- 
usual. 
most trouble- 
ther dry. 
some on light 
land. 
Lonan 
No injury this year. 
• • • • 
• • • • 
• • • • 
Maughold 
Injury to Potatoes, 
Light, stony, 
Farm-yard and 
Oats about 16th 
I. 
Turnips, and 
sharp, soil. 
patent for green 
March. Green 
Oats, about a 
crop. 
crops 8th and 
quarter. 
10th May. 
II. 
Oats after Grass, 
Peat. 
Limed six years 
Oats 18th March. 
and Swedes after 
ago. Swedes 
Swedes first 
Wheat, slightly 
manured with 
week in June. 
injured. 
3 cwt. super- 
phosphate and 
3 cwt. kainite. 
III. 
No injury to crops. 
Partly loam, 
Barley well 
• • • • 
Turnips after 
clay, and gra- 
limed. Tur- 
Oats, Barley 
velly soil. 
nips on patent 
• 
after Potatoes, 
manure. 
Oats on ley. 
IV 
Turnips half crop; 
Peat and clay. 
Well limed for 
Injured and un- 
Potatoes bad; 
No difference 
Turnips and 
injured sown 
Barley rather 
as to amount 
Potatoes. Pa- 
about same 
bad; Oats slight 
of attack. 
tent manure as 
time. Weather 
attack. 
top dressing. 
wet. 
y. 
Very little. Tur- 
Light soil. With 
Both farm and 
Uninjured in 
nips, previous 
us peat on 
patent and 
May, injured 
crop Oats, which 
the hills is 
some seaweed 
about the be- 
were very badly 
clearest from 
in the field, 
ginning of 
attacked. 
the worm. 
which was not 
June. 
injured. 
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