Talks on Manures Part 32

[Note 3: _Plot 9b_--in the 9th season only 475 lbs. of nitrate of soda were applied.]

[Note 4: _Common salt_--not applied after the 10th season.]

[Note 5: _Plots 17a and 17b, and 18a and 18b_--the manures on these plots alternate: that is, Plots 17 were manured with ammonia-salts in the 9th season; with the sulphates of pota.s.s, soda, and magnesia, and superphosphate of lime, in the 10th; ammonia-salts again in the 11th; the sulphates of pota.s.s, soda, and magnesia, and superphosphate of lime, again in the 12th, and so on. Plots 18, on the other hand, had the sulphates of pota.s.s, soda, and magnesia, and superphosphate of lime, in the 9th season; ammonia-salts in the 10th, and so on, alternately.]

Table X.--Produce of the 9th Season, 1851-2. Seed (Red Cl.u.s.ter) sown November 7, 1851; Crop cut August 24, 1852.

Table XI.--Produce of the 10th Season, 1853. Seed (Red Rostock) sown March 16; Crop cut September 10, and carted September 20, 1853.

Qty. Quant.i.ty.

Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.

TC Total Corn.

TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).

-----+---------------------------- -----+---------------------------- Produce per Acre, Produce per Acre, etc. (For the Manures etc. (For the Manures P see pp. 202 and 203.) P see pp. 202 and 203.) l +----------------+-----+----- l +----------------+-----+----- o Dressed Corn. o Dressed Corn. t +---------+------+ TP t +---------+------+ TP s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+----- Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs. Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs.

0 15 0 55.8 919 2625 0 9 0 49.1 599 2406 1 13 1 56.9 825 2322 1 6 1 46.1 404 2036 2 27 2 58.2 1716 5173 2 19 0 51.1 1120 4492 3 13 3 56.6 860 2457 3 5 3 45.1 359 1772 4 13 1 57.3 870 2441 4 7 1 46.1 446 2116 5a 16 3 57.5 1038 2941 5a 10 0 48.9 587 2538 5b 17 0 57.3 1065 3097 5b 10 1 48.9 611 2741 6a 20 3 57.6 1288 3869 6a 16 3 51.8 978 3755 6b 20 3 57.5 1300 3904 6b 19 1 51.8 1072 3870 7a 26 2 56.0 1615 5465 7a 23 2 52.2 1369 5110 7b 26 3 55.8 1613 5415 7b 23 2 51.1 1357 5091 8a 27 3 55.9 1699 5505 8a 22 1 51.1 1346 5312 8b 27 0 55.9 1651 5423 8b 24 2 51.1 1425 5352 9a 25 2 55.6 1591 5305 9a 11 1 47.7 691 3090 9b 24 1 55.3 1509 4883 9b 10 1 46.1 649 2902 10a 21 3 55.9 1320 4107 10a 9 3 48.9 642 2691 10b 22 0 57.3 1343 4162 10b 15 2 49.8 896 3578 11a 24 0 55.6 1472 4553 11a 17 2 50.1 1015 3539 11b 22 1 55.9 1387 4299 11b 18 2 51.1 1073 3780 12a 24 1 57.4 1503 4760 12a 22 0 52.0 1283 4948 12b 24 1 57.3 1492 4721 12b 23 3 51.1 1375 5079 13a 24 0 57.5 1480 4702 13a 22 1 52.1 1341 5045 13b 23 3 57.1 1476 4765 13b 23 2 51.1 1396 5308 14a 24 1 56.9 1507 5054 14a 21 2 51.2 1322 4793 14b 25 0 56.7 1530 5137 14b 23 0 52.6 1347 5108 15a 23 1 57.4 1451 4663 15a 19 0 51.1 1143 4504 15b 25 0 56.8 1520 4941 15b 23 2 51.1 1351 5107 16a 28 3 55.0 1794 6471 16a 24 1 52.5 1496 6400 16b 28 0 54.5 1700 6316 16b 25 3 52.5 1537 6556 17a 25 2 56.5 1577 5311 17a 8 1 49.8 520 2516 17b 24 1 56.9 1520 4986 17b 8 3 48.9 539 2551 18a 13 3 57.0 869 2556 18a 17 3 52.9 1111 4496 18b 14 3 56.7 921 2685 18b 20 3 52.1 1256 5052 19 24 3 56.1 1582 4979 19 19 1 52.6 1160 4373 20 14 0 56.6 875 2452 20 5 3 47.8 425 2084 21 19 1 56.9 1177 3285 21 12 3 50.4 753 2934 22 19 2 55.9 1176 3355 22 10 1 49.4 592 2452 -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+-----

Table XII.--Produce of the 11th Season, 1853-4. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 12, 1853; Crop cut August 21, and carted August 31, 1854.

Table XIII.--Produce of the 12th Season, 1854-5. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 9, 1854; Crop cut August 26, and carted September 2, 1855.

Qty. Quant.i.ty.

Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.

TC Total Corn.

TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).

-----+---------------------------- -----+---------------------------- Produce per Acre, Produce per Acre, etc. (For the Manures etc. (For the Manures P see pp. 202 and 203.) P see pp. 202 and 203.) l +----------------+-----+----- l +----------------+-----+----- o Dressed Corn. o Dressed Corn. t +---------+------+ TP t +---------+------+ TP s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+----- Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs. Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs.

0 26 1 61.0 1672 3786 0 17 0 60.7 1096 2822 1 24 1 60.2 1529 4060 1 18 2 60.5 1179 3069 2 41 0 62.5 2675 7125 2 34 2 62.0 2237 6082 3 21 0 60.6 1359 3496 3 17 0 59.2 1072 2859 4 23 3 61.1 1521 3859 4 18 2 59.5 1168 3000 5a 24 1 61.0 1578 4098 5a 18 2 59.9 1157 2976 5b 24 0 61.6 1532 4035 5b 18 0 60.1 1143 2943 6a 33 2 61.8 2186 6031 6a 27 3 60.3 1753 4590 6b 34 2 61.8 2239 6294 6b 28 1 60.9 1811 4848 7a 45 2 61.9 2950 8553 7a 32 2 59.4 2084 5995 7b 45 1 61.8 2944 8440 7b 33 1 59.5 2138 6296 8a 47 1 61.4 3065 9200 8a 29 3 58.8 1909 5747 8b 49 2 61.8 3208 9325 8b 33 0 58.7 2153 6495 9a 38 3 60.7 2456 6598 9a 29 2 58.3 1932 5878 9b 38 3 60.7 2480 6723 9b 25 1 57.3 1605 4817 10a 34 1 60.5 2211 5808 10a 19 3 57.1 1285 3797 10b 39 0 61.6 2535 7003 10b 28 0 58.9 1805 5073 11a 44 2 61.1 2859 8006 11a 18 3 55.3 1210 3694 11b 43 0 61.2 2756 7776 11b 24 2 56.3 1580 4733 12a 45 3 62.2 2966 8469 12a 30 0 59.5 1940 5478 12b 45 1 62.2 2939 8412 12b 33 2 60.2 2172 6182 13a 45 0 62.2 2913 8311 13a 29 0 59.9 1924 5427 13b 43 3 62.2 2858 8403 13b 32 2 60.4 2110 5980 14a 45 1 62.2 2946 8498 14a 29 3 60.0 1954 5531 14b 44 0 62.2 2863 8281 14b 33 1 60.0 2158 5161 15a 43 1 62.1 2801 7699 15a 31 3 60.0 2030 5855 15b 43 1 62.4 2810 8083 15b 33 3 60.6 2193 6415 16a 49 2 61.7 3230 9932 16a 33 1 58.2 2100 6634 16b 50 0 61.7 3293 9928 16 32 2 58.2 2115 7106 17a 45 3 62.1 2948 8218 17a 18 3 60.8 1227 3203 17b 42 2 62.2 2732 7629 17b 17 0 60.3 1110 2914 18a 24 0 61.2 1526 3944 18a 32 3 60.9 2127 6144 18b 23 2 61.0 1511 3888 18b 33 1 60.8 2170 6385 19 41 0 61.7 2666 7343 19 30 0 58.7 1967 5818 20 22 3 60.8 1445 3662 20 17 2 61.1 1155 2986 21 32 0 61.2 2030 5470 21 24 1 60.8 1533 3952 22 31 3 61.0 1994 5334 22 24 2 60.1 1553 4010 -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+-----

Table XIV.--Produce of the 13th Season, 1855-6. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 13, 1855; Crop cut August 26, and carted September 3, 1856.

Table XV.--Produce of the 14th Season, 1856-7. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 6, 1856; Crop cut August 13, and carted August 22, 1857.

Qty. Quant.i.ty.

Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.

TC Total Corn.

TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).

-----+---------------------------- -----+---------------------------- Produce per Acre, Produce per Acre, etc. (For the Manures etc. (For the Manures P see pp. 202 and 203.) P see pp. 202 and 203.) l +----------------+-----+----- l +----------------+-----+----- o Dressed Corn. o Dressed Corn. t +---------+------+ TP t +---------+------+ TP s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+----- Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs. Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs.

0 18 1 56.8 1179 3148 0 18 2 59.0 1181 2726 1 17 0 56.3 1102 3035 1 17 2 59.0 1118 2650 2 36 1 58.6 2277 6594 2 41 0 60.4 2587 5910 3 14 2 54.3 892 2450 3 19 3 58.3 1236 2813 4 16 1 55.5 1026 2757 4 22 1 58.8 1386 2958 5a 18 3 56.5 1167 3179 5a 22 3 59.0 1409 3026 5b 20 1 56.2 1247 3369 5b 24 2 58.8 1512 3247 6a 27 1 58.2 1717 4767 6a 35 1 59.9 2211 4968 6b 28 0 58.5 1755 4848 6b 35 1 59.8 2193 4950 7a 37 1 58.0 2312 6872 7a 43 1 60.5 2782 6462 7b 36 2 57.6 2244 6642 7b 46 1 60.3 2902 6793 8a 40 0 56.8 2507 7689 8a 47 3 60.8 3058 7355 8b 37 3 57.1 2400 7489 8b 48 3 60.6 3129 7579 9a 32 1 57.2 2019 5894 9a 43 3 60.1 2767 6634 9b 26 0 56.3 1679 4831 9b 36 0 58.0 2220 5203 10a 24 0 55.6 1505 4323 10a 29 0 58.0 1816 4208 10b 27 2 57.2 1727 4895 10b 34 2 58.6 2185 5060 11a 31 3 57.3 2001 5518 11a 39 0 58.5 2432 5375 11b 30 2 57.5 1946 5389 11b 39 0 58.0 2397 5317 12a 33 3 58.7 2102 5949 12a 43 3 60.4 2747 6394 12b 32 3 58.8 2079 5804 12b 43 2 60.4 2729 6312 13a 32 1 58.6 2036 5779 13a 42 3 60.6 2714 6421 13b 30 3 58.9 2008 5659 13b 43 2 60.5 2739 6386 14a 35 0 58.6 2195 6397 14a 43 3 60.5 2781 6439 14b 34 0 59.0 2162 6279 14b 42 3 60.3 2699 6351 15a 30 0 59.1 1923 5444 15a 42 1 60.4 2681 6368 15b 32 0 59.4 2045 5797 15b 44 1 60.0 2765 6543 16a 38 0 58.5 2426 7955 16a 48 3 60.5 3131 7814 16b 37 3 58.7 2450 7917 16b 50 0 60.5 3194 7897 17a 31 2 59.0 1983 5541 17a 26 2 59.1 1642 3700 17b 30 1 59.1 1935 5400 17b 25 3 58.8 1583 3523 18a 17 3 57.8 1140 3152 18a 41 0 59.7 2566 6009 18b 18 0 57.7 1131 3069 18b 40 0 59.8 2519 5884 19 32 1 58.9 2059 5621 19 41 2 59.5 2600 5793 20 17 0 57.7 1075 2963 20 19 2 58.4 1213 2777 21 22 1 58.0 1398 3927 21 24 0 60.6 1538 3353 22 21 1 57.8 1351 3849 22 23 0 60.6 1491 3298 -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+-----

Table XVI.--Produce of the 15th Season, 1857-8. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 3 and 11, 1857; Crop cut August 9, and carted August 20, 1858.

Table XVII.--Produce of the 16th Season, 1858-9. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 4, 1858; Crop cut August 4, and carted August 20, 1859.

Qty. Quant.i.ty.

Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.

TC Total Corn.

TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).

-----+---------------------------- -----+---------------------------- Produce per Acre, Produce per Acre, etc. (For the Manures etc. (For the Manures P see pp. 202 and 203.) P see pp. 202 and 203.) l +----------------+-----+----- l +----------------+-----+----- o Dressed Corn. o Dressed Corn. t +---------+------+ TP t +---------+------+ TP s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+----- Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs. Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs.

0 20 3 61.2 1332 3234 0 21 2 54.0 1254 3564 1 16 1 60.7 1055 2685 1 19 3 55.0 1189 3489 2 38 3 62.6 2512 6349 2 36 0 56.5 2263 7073 3 18 0 60.4 1141 2811 3 18 1 52.5 1051 3226 4 19 0 61.1 1206 2879 4 19 0 55.0 1188 3418 5a 18 2 61.5 1187 2719 5a 20 2 56.0 1277 3600 5b 19 1 61.4 1227 2870 5b 20 2 56.0 1273 3666 6a 28 2 62.1 1818 4395 6a 29 2 56.5 1808 5555 6b 29 0 62.1 1850 4563 6b 30 0 56.5 1855 5708 7a 38 2 61.9 2450 6415 7a 34 2 55.9 2097 6774 7b 39 2 62.3 2530 6622 7b 34 2 55.9 2089 6892 8a 41 3 61.8 2680 7347 8a 34 3 54.0 2068 7421 8b 41 3 61.7 2675 7342 8b 34 0 53.4 2007 7604 9a 37 2 60.8 2384 6701 9a 30 0 54.5 1806 7076 9b 23 2 58.8 1470 4158 9b 24 2 50.5 1412 5002 10a 22 3 59.6 1439 3569 10a 18 3 51.5 1207 3937 10b 27 3 61.4 1775 4390 10b 25 2 52.5 1500 4920 11a 30 3 60.5 1977 4774 11a 26 3 51.4 1628 5155 11b 33 0 60.4 2099 5117 11b 27 3 51.3 1698 5275 12a 37 3 62.1 2437 6100 12a 34 2 54.5 2060 6610 12b 37 0 62.1 2387 6060 12b 34 3 54.8 2115 6858 13a 37 0 62.1 2384 6077 13a 34 0 55.0 2037 6774 13b 37 0 62.7 2397 6074 13b 34 3 55.0 2087 6894 14a 37 3 62.1 2413 6150 14a 34 1 54.5 2054 6817 14b 38 1 62.0 2436 6146 14b 34 2 54.5 2074 6774 15a 35 1 62.6 2285 5800 15a 34 0 55.0 2053 6826 15b 37 2 62.8 2436 6134 15a 35 0 55.0 2095 7088 16a 41 3 62.1 2702 7499 16a 34 3 52.6 2026 7953 16b 42 0 62.1 2717 7530 16b 34 1 52.6 2005 7798 17a 33 1 62.5 2150 5353 17a 21 1 55.0 1247 3730 17b 33 3 62.5 2181 5455 17b 19 3 54.5 1168 3541 18a 22 3 62.3 1472 3480 18a 32 3 55.5 1973 6506 18b 20 2 62.4 1338 3305 18b 32 2 56.0 1980 6630 19 33 1 62.5 2177 5362 19 30 2 55.5 1903 5926 20 17 0 60.3 1089 2819 20 17 3 52.5 1039 3256 21 24 1 61.5 1574 3947 21 26 1 54.0 1538 4723 22 22 0 61.5 1412 3592 22 24 0 55.0 1460 4440 -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+-----

Table XVIII.--Produce of the 17th Season, 1859-60. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 17, 1859; Crop cut September 17 and 19, and carted October 5, 1858.

Table XIX.--Produce of the 18th Season, 1860-1. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 5, 1860; Crop cut August 20, and carted August 27, 1861.

Qty. Quant.i.ty.

Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.

TC Total Corn.

TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).

-----+---------------------------- -----+---------------------------- Produce per Acre, Produce per Acre, etc. (For the Manures etc. (For the Manures P see pp. 202 and 203.) P see pp. 202 and 203.) l +----------------+-----+----- l +----------------+-----+----- o Dressed Corn. o Dressed Corn. t +---------+------+ TP t +---------+------+ TP s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+----- Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs. Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs.

0 14 1 53.5 826 2271 0 15 1 57.6 1001 2769 1 12 1 52.8 717 2097 1 12 3 57.6 828 2215 2 32 1 55.5 1864 5304 2 34 3 60.5 2202 5303 3 12 3 52.6 738 2197 3 11 1 57.4 736 1990 4 14 2 53.0 832 2352 4 11 3 58.0 863 2193 5a 15 2 54.0 903 2483 5a 15 1 59.1 1047 2540 5b 16 0 53.1 935 2595 5b 15 1 59.0 1082 2692 6a 21 0 53.7 1210 3393 6a 27 1 59.5 1755 4328 6b 22 3 54.2 1326 3719 6b 27 3 59.4 1818 4501 7a 27 3 54.3 1612 4615 7a 35 2 59.0 2263 5764 7b 27 2 54.3 1597 4734 7b 34 1 59.0 2183 5738 8a 30 3 52.8 1759 5639 8a 36 0 58.3 2290 6203 8b 31 2 52.3 1787 5600 8b 34 0 58.5 2190 5985 9a 32 2 51.5 1858 6635 9a 33 3 56.8 2162 6607 9b 19 2 48.5 1155 4285 9b 13 3 53.9 909 3079 10a 15 0 49.5 905 3118 10a 12 3 55.0 854 2784 10b 18 2 51.0 1060 3420 10b 15 3 55.5 1033 3196 11a 22 1 51.0 1270 3773 11a 23 1 55.3 1455 4032 11b 22 1 51.2 1307 4000 11b 25 0 55.8 1578 4223 12a 28 0 53.4 1648 4878 12a 32 1 58.1 2009 5201 12b 26 2 53.5 1577 4664 12b 33 1 58.7 2144 5481 13a 26 0 54.3 1575 4568 13a 33 1 59.9 2168 5486 13b 27 0 53.8 1600 4637 13b 35 0 60.0 2304 5794 14a 27 1 53.7 1583 4636 14a 33 0 59.1 2125 5502 14b 27 0 53.2 1563 4666 14b 33 3 59.3 2173 5476 15a 25 1 53.8 1510 4387 15a 34 1 60.0 2188 5506 15b 28 0 54.0 1614 4704 15b 34 3 60.2 2249 5727 16a 32 2 52.0 1856 5973 16a 36 1 58.0 2338 6761 16b 32 3 51.7 1889 6096 16b 37 2 58.6 2432 6775 17a 24 0 54.1 1409 4109 17a 19 1 59.3 1229 2982 17b 26 1 54.3 1548 4518 17b 18 0 59.1 1166 2829 18a 15 1 54.5 929 2649 18a 32 1 59.6 2650 5144 18b 16 1 54.6 963 2706 18b 33 1 59.5 2122 5446 19 24 0 53.0 1435 4178 19 32 2 58.8 2107 5345 20 12 0 51.5 722 2155 20 13 0 57.9 872 2340 21 15 2 52.5 893 2639 21 16 1 58.2 1109 2749 22 13 3 53.8 847 2414 22 19 2 58.5 1306 3263 -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+-----

Table XX.--Produce of the 19th Season, 1861-2. Seed (Red Rostock) sown October 25, 1861; Crop cut August 29, and carted September 12, 1862.

Table XXI.--Produce of the 20th Season, 1862-3. Seed (Red Rostock) sown November 17, 1862; Crop cut August 10, and carted August 18, 1863.

Qty. Quant.i.ty.

Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.

TC Total Corn.

TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).

-----+---------------------------- -----+---------------------------- Produce per Acre, Produce per Acre, etc. (For the Manures etc. (For the Manures P see pp. 202 and 203.) P see pp. 202 and 203.) l +----------------+-----+----- l +----------------+-----+----- o Dressed Corn. o Dressed Corn. t +---------+------+ TP t +---------+------+ TP s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S s Qty. Wt/Bu. TC C&S -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+----- Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs. Bu. Pks. lbs. lbs. lbs.

0 19 3 58.5 1228 3258 0 22 0 62.6 1429 3254 1 16 2 58.0 1024 2772 1 20 3 62.8 1334 3079 2 38 1 61.0 2447 6642 2 44 0 63.1 2886 7165 3 16 0 57.8 996 2709 3 17 1 62.7 1127 2727 4 16 2 58.5 1049 2711 4 20 1 62.3 1303 2957 5a 17 3 59.0 1119 2959 5a 19 2 63.0 1283 2970 5b 17 2 59.0 1101 2961 5b 19 3 63.0 1296 3064 6a 27 2 59.5 1715 4554 6a 39 1 62.3 2522 6236 6b 28 3 59.8 1797 4897 6b 39 3 62.3 2534 6250 7a 35 2 59.3 2200 6106 7a 53 1 62.6 3477 9330 7b 36 0 59.5 2265 6178 7b 54 0 62.5 3507 9385 8a 39 3 59.2 2477 7200 8a 56 2 62.3 3668 10383 8b 39 0 59.0 2452 7087 8b 54 3 62.3 3559 10048 9a 43 1 59.5 2688 8738 9a 55 2 62.1 3576 9888 9b 25 3 56.3 1641 4897 9b 41 1 62.5 2723 6920 10a 23 0 56.5 1457 4050 10a 39 0 62.6 2587 6068 10b 24 3 57.5 1600 4443 10b 43 2 62.8 2858 6914 11a 26 2 58.0 1706 4548 11a 45 0 62.5 2979 7212 11b 27 0 58.0 1734 4607 11b 46 2 62.1 3060 7519 12a 34 1 58.0 2096 5745 12a 54 2 62.1 3533 8976 12b 33 0 58.0 2025 5634 12b 53 1 62.2 3454 8819 13a 31 3 58.0 1953 5542 13a 53 1 62.6 3453 9192 13b 32 2 58.0 2019 5691 13b 53 1 62.5 3439 9238 14a 30 1 58.0 1886 5283 14a 54 1 62.5 3527 8986 14b 32 0 58.1 2008 5558 14b 53 1 62.5 3450 8749 15a 30 1 58.3 1872 5268 15a 48 1 62.5 3114 8276 15b 32 2 58.3 2029 5787 15b 48 0 62.9 3127 8240 16a 36 1 58.0 2225 6752 16a 56 2 62.4 3710 10717 16b 36 0 57.5 2233 6730 16b 55 0 62.3 3607 10332 17a 27 3 58.1 1747 4827 17a 21 0 62.8 1370 3288 17b 27 2 58.1 1685 4762 17b 21 1 62.8 1389 3292 18a 18 1 58.5 1168 3161 18a 46 1 62.6 3006 7889 18b 18 2 58.5 1195 3335 18b 46 0 62.8 3009 7737 19 23 1 57.2 1479 4132 19 46 2 62.9 3054 7577 20 12 1 57.3 818 2335 20 17 2 62.5 1137 2609 21 20 1 58.1 1273 3465 21 27 2 62.5 1796 4279 22 20 0 58.0 1250 3430 22 29 3 62.4 1907 4599 -----+---------+------+-----+----- -----+---------+------+-----+-----

The _ninth_ season (1851-2), was unusually cold in June and wet in August. It will be seen that the wheat, both in quant.i.ty and quality, is the poorest since the commencement of the experiments. The unmanured plot gave less than 14 bushels of dressed grain per acre; the plot with barn-yard manure, less than 28 bushels, and the best yield in the whole series was not quite 29 bushels per acre, and only weighed 55 lbs. per bushel. On the same plot, the year before, with precisely the same manure, the yield was nearly 37 bushels per acre, and the weight per bushel, 63 lbs. So much for a favorable and an unfavorable season.

The _tenth_ season (1852-3), was still more unfavorable. The autumn of 1852 was so wet that it was impossible to work the land and sow the wheat until the 16th of March 1853.

You will see that the produce on the unmanured plot was less than 6 bushels per acre. With barn-yard manure, 19 bushels, and with a heavy dressing of ammonia-salts and minerals, not quite 26 bushels per acre.

With a heavy dressing of superphosphate, not quite 9 bushels per acre, and with a full dressing of mixed mineral manures and superphosphate, 10 bushels per acre.

The weight per bushel on the unmanured plot was 45 lbs.; with mixed mineral manures, 48 lbs.; with ammonia-salts alone, 48 lbs.; with barn-yard manure, 51 lbs.; and with ammonia-salts and mixed mineral manures, 52 lbs.

Farmers are greatly dependent on the season, but the good farmer, who keeps up the fertility of his land stands a better chance of making money (or of losing less), than the farmer who depends on the unaided products of the soil. The one gets 6 bushels per acre, and 1,413 lbs. of straw of very inferior quality; the other gets 20 to 26 bushels per acre, and 5,000 lbs. of straw. And you must recollect that in an unfavorable season we are pretty certain to get high prices.

The _eleventh_ season (1853-4,) gives us much more attractive-looking figures! We have over 21 bushels per acre on the plot which has grown eleven crops of wheat in eleven years without any manure.

With barn-yard manure, over 41 bushels per acre. With ammonia-salts alone (17_a_), 45 bushels. With ammonia-salts and mixed minerals, (16_b_), over 50 bushels per acre, and 6,635 lbs. of straw. A total produce of nearly 5 tons per acre.

The _twelfth_ season (1854-5), gives us 17 bushels of wheat per acre on the continuously unmanured plot. Over 34 bushels on the plot manured with barn-yard manure. And I think, for the first time since the commencement of the experiments, this plot produces the largest yield of any plot in the field. And well it may, for it has now had, in twelve years, 168 tons of barn-yard manure per acre!