TURNIP. 519 
= 4 
Quantity : Weight of | Total Weight 
No of Land Description of the Quantity of each kind used, neat bel Weight of Tops and of Produce 
: con- Dressings applied. with their respective costs. Nees Statute aie Tails per 
tained 4 *| per Acre, | Statute Acre. 
aT. p. £s.d.| £5, d. a 
1} 1 © 0]| Crushed Bones and | 8 bush, Bones, 2s.6d.1 0 0 So Vn (etd) Cat lun, ||] RS te 
Turf Ashes, 16, Ashes,dd.. 0 6 8 8 2 a, 8 § E ng 8 z ae 
Glee len 6l Ste Ounlnon20 3 0 216 12 2 1 36 
~2| 1 0 0 | Crushed Bones, Turf | 8 bush. Bones, 2s.6d.1 0 0 aN a 
Ashes, Nitrate of ; 16 ,, Ashes 5 UG 
Soda, and Nitrate | 7 cwt. Soda, 23s, O11 6 
of Potash. 2 cwt. Potash, 33s.. 016 6 
214 8} 214 8;10 1 120 8 0 1 4 |18 1 2 24 
~3\{ 1 030| Crushed Bones dis. | 4 bush. Bones 010 0| | ie 
solved in Sulphuric | 84 lbs. Acid, Id. 07 0 
Acid, Turf Ashes, | 16 bush. Ashes. . 0 6 8 
and African Guano | 1 cwt. Guano, 8l.10s.0 8 6 
112 2) 171/12 0 22% 3 1 224 | 15 2 1 20 
1 030] Crushed Bones dis- | 4 bush. Bones . . 010 0 aie, Pa: 
solved in Sulphuric 84 lbs. Acid, 1d. ° 0 fil 0 
Acid, Turf Ashes, | 16 bush. Ashes. . 0 6 8 
African Guano, Ni- | }ewt.Guano . . 0 8 6 
trate of Soda, and | z¢wt.Soda_ ... O11 6 
Nitrate of Potash. | 2 cwt. Potash - O16 6 
38.0 2; 210 8/14 1 1 4 HW wd ch a we Be 
5 “Gl 0 0| Muck of an ordinary | 8 cart-loads of Muck, ae nha 
kind, African Gua- EMRE 6G 6 dh 
no, and Turf Ashes. | 3 cwt. Guano 15 6 
20 bush. Ashes . . 0 8 4 
8 510} 3 610/13 1 2 24 5 000/18 1 2 24 
rel MRiOMON MMuuci NA ticanlGual'| Siloadslof Muckw ik 12 v0. Tumuli ili Glt ium until anceknUninann | unin Minne 
no, Turf Ashes, Ni- | 3 ewt. Guano 1 5 6 
trate of Soda, and | 20 bush. Ashes . 0 8 4 
Nitrate of Potash. | zcwt.Soda ... 011 6 
3 cwt, Potash 016 6 
é 41310} 41310/13 1 010 4 0016 |17 1 0 2 
Wiz aWorsol Muck’ Crushed Bones!| Sloads of Muck.) 1)12/f0 |) >) mul i) iene an |) nnn nln |e RC 
dissolved in Sul. | 4bush. Bones .. 010 0 
phuric Acid, and | 8ilbs. Acid . . . 0 7 0 
Turt Ashes, 16 bush. Ashes,. . 0 6 8 
215 8} 260) 7 1 226 § 0 120 |10 2 018 
iat ay 0 30 | Muck, Crushed Bones | 8 loads of Muck, . 112 0 ae 
dissolved in Sul- | 4 bush. Bones 010 0 
phuric Acid, Turf | 84 lbs. Acid - 0 7 0 
Ashes, Nitrate of | z7¢wt.Soda ... O11 6 
Soda, and Nitrate | zewt. Potash .. 016 6 
of Potash, wedge TS 
OU OT BCT OO WB alah Cols) sh ale 
9/ 1 1 O | Muck, Crushed Bones | 8loads of Muck . 112 0 Se Pr lm, 
dissolved in Sul- | 4 bush. Bones 010 0 
phuric Acid, Turf | 84 lbs. Acid 0 OU 7 
Ashes, and African | 13 cwt. Guano - 012 9 
Guano. 16 bush. Ashes . . 0 6 8 
3 8 5] 214 8|;12 1 2 20 313 8 |15 3 2 0 
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* By measure 820 bushels per acre, weighing 40 Ibs. per bushel. 
The widely different effects of different kinds 
of fertilizers upon the chemical constitution and 
the feeding powers of the turnip may be suffi- 
ciently illustrated from the case of guanoed and 
non-guanoed Swedish turnips. Two roots of 
Swedish turnip raised with respectively farm- 
yard manure and guano, and both furnished by 
the, same grower, analysed by the same chemist, 
and almost exactly alike in the quantity of their 
contained water in a recent or undried state, 
have been -found very materially different in the 
proportions of both their organic and their inor- 
ganic constituents. The farm-yard manured tur- 
nip, after being deprived of all its contained wa- 
ter, yielded 2:09 per cent. of oil, 2°27 of gum, 
44°82 of sugar, 10°35 of pectic acid and albumen, 
25°04 of meta-pectic acid, 10°18 of cellular or 
woody fibre, and 5°68 of saline matter and ash; 
and the guanoed turnip, after being deprived of 
all its contained water, yielded 1:26 per cent. of 
oil, 1:57 of gum, 13°59 of sugar, 5°88 of pectic 
acid and albumen, 56:09 of meta-pectic acid, 15 
of cellular or woody fibre, and 5:8 of saline mat- 
ter and ash. Both turnips contained nearly the 
same quantity, or about 69 per cent. of soluble 
matter in their ash,—but they differed widely 
in the proportions of the ash’s most valuable 
constituents; for the ash of the farm-yard ma- 
nured turnip comprised 9°72 per cent. of chloride 
of potassium, 45°49 of potash and soda, 1:23 of 
magnesia, 10°17 of lime, 17°86 of sulphuric acid, 
and 7°73 of phosphoric acid,—while that of the 
