TALKS ON MANURES A SERIES OF FAMILIAR AND PRACTICAL TALKS BETWEEN THE AUTHOR AND THE DEACON, THE DOCTOR, AND OTHER NEIGHBORS, ON THE WHOLE SUBJECT
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* * * * * TALKS ON MANURES. A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and Oth
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us, and this fact explains and confirms the common idea that shade is manure. The great object of agriculture is to convert the nitrogen of our soils, or of green crops plowed under,
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buy such food as will furnish the most nutriment and make the richest manure at the least cost--taking both of these objects into consideration. He will also buy more or less artifici
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manure one. Is this “high farming?” I think in my circumstances it is good farming, but it is not high farming. I
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or is defective, inasmuch as it makes no distinction between soil and manure. Both contain plant-food.” “What is your definition of manure?” asked Charley; “it would seem as though w
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manure, will almost invariably give us a greatly increased yield of grain crops. I should expect, on my farm, tha
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grass. And as all this produce was consumed on the farm, we made more manure than if we had plowed less land.” I have great faith in the benefits of thorough tillage--or, in other wo
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for manure alone, found it still more profitable to use it first for food, and then for manure afterwards. Mr. Lawes,
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depreciation of the value of the manure. In the foregoing analyses he will find the direct proof that as long as heavy showers of rain are exclude
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The above analyses are of value to those who buy fresh and fermented manure. They can form some idea of what they are getting. If they buy a ton of fresh manure in November, they get
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ectual means of preventing loss in fertilizing matters is to cart the manure directly on the field whenever circumstances allow this to be done. “7. On all soils with a moderate prop
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manure is handled but once. It is made in the yard and sheds, and lies there until it is drawn to the field in th
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corn-stalks and straw, and what they do not eat is thrown out of the mangers and racks, and used for bedding. I should state, too, that I keep a good many pigs, seldom having less t
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se and cart we drew to this heap, just as winter set in, every bit of manure that could be found on the premises, and everything that would make manure. When got all together, it made
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gument,” said the Deacon, “against your plan of piling and fermenting manure.” “Not at all,” I replied; “it is a strong reason for not letting manure lie under the eaves of an unspou
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oductive meadow or pasture for years to come--or until our young dairyman could afford to give it one of Harris Lewis’ “homœopathic” doses of 40 loads of good manure per acre. He woul
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In regard to the application of manure on a dairy-farm, we have seen what Harris Lewis does with his. I also wrote to T. L. Harison, Esq., of St.
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ed nothing but straw to stock is poor economy; and to rot it down for manure is no better. Straw itself is not worth $3.00 a ton for manure; and as one ton of straw, spread in an open
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or soiling, or make it into hay, feed it out to stock, and return the manure to the land. If clover got its nitrogen from the atmosphere, we might sell the clover, and depend on the r
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well known, is specially benefited by the application of nitrogenous manures, and as clover carries off so large a quantity of nitrogen, it is natural to expect the yield of wheat, a
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however, by no means proves its sufficiency for the production of so many crops of wheat; for, in the first place, it can not be shown that the whole of the phosphoric acid found by
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und in the clover-roots from the part of the field twice mown. In the manure, in which the decay of such and similar organic remains proceeds, much of the non-nitrogenous, or carbonac
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ch, by good cultivation, and the liberal use of animal and artificial manures, they may expect a good crop of wheat from the roots of the clover. But they take good care to feed out t
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wheat, or we must make more and richer manure, or we must plow in more clover. The rotation, which many of us now adopt--corn, barley, wheat--is profita
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crease per | | | Produce per Acre, etc. |Acre by Manure.| | | P --------------+----+----+----+----+---------------+ | | l Dressed corn. | |
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reduced the plots, previously so differently circumstanced both as to manure and produce, to something like an uniform standard as regards their grain-producing qualities. “Plot 2 ha
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.. | .. | .. | .. | 200 | .. | 200 | 300 | .. | 500 | 20 | Unmanured.| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21}| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
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with the difference in the crop; 8_a_ was left this year without any manure, and though it had received a liberal supply of mineral manures the year before, and minerals and ammonia-
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+----+----+------+-----+------+----+----+--- The plot continuously unmanured, gives about 16 bushels of wheat per acre. The plot with barn-yard manure, nearly 30 bushels per acre.
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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.)
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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 am
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om the air_. This is an important fact. Lime may act beneficially on many or most soils by converting the soda silicate into a lime silicate, or, in other words, converting a salt th
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ined 62 lbs. of nitrogen. How much nitrogen does 10 tons of barn-yard manure contain?” “That depends a good deal on what food the animals eat. Ten tons of average fresh manure would
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| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. 6{1 | .. | .. | -- unmanured continuously-- | .. {2* | .. |<..> | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. 7 | 14 | .. | .
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on the Growth of Barley, Year After Year, on the Same Land, Without Manure, and With Different Descriptions of Manure, Hoos Field, Rothamsted, England. Table V.--Straw (and cha
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a good crop. The unmanured plot, it will be seen, yielded over 35 bushels per acre of dressed grain, weighing over 53½ lbs. per bush
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heat, or barley after barley, we do not get half the benefit from the manure which it is theoretically capable of producing. Now, the question is, whether by a judicious rotation of
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eed out this amount of bran and cake, and you would have 800 loads of manure, worth _on the land_ $2,226.96, or, estimating as before that it cost 30 cents a load to handle it, its ne
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of land will grow 25 bushels of corn every year, we should aim to so manage it, that it will grow 50 every other year, or 75 every third year, or, if the _climate_ is capable of doin
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and when _potash_ is added to the manure, the yield is still further increased.” “Answer me one question,” said the Deacon, “and let us leave the
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“We may conclude, therefore, that on this soil, which has never been manured, and which has been cultivated for many years with the _Ceralia_--or, in other words, with crops which re
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common salt, alone, or with other manures, had comparatively little effect. Practically, when we want to grow a good crop of beets or mangels, the
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richer the manure is in nitrogenous matter, and the more thoroughly this is distributed through the manure, the more readily
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-------------+-------+--------- No.| Kind And Condition Of Manures. | Wt/Bu | Wt/Load ---+--------------------------------------------+-------+--------- |
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“if it could be purchased at the same price, it would be the cheaper manure. It contains 46½ per cent of potash, and on soils, or for crops where potash is needed, we may sometimes b
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n fact a patent was taken out by the Musgraves, of Liverpool, for the manufacture of Liebig’s Special Manures, based on this theory. But the manures, though extensively used by the le
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d 20 or 25 years ago. It may be, that the guano is still the cheapest manure in the market, but at any rate the price is higher than formerly--while there has been no corresponding ad
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proportion, considerably lower than that grown on the continuously unmanured land. These results, if they are to be accepted as correct, must bring about a very considerable change
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an invaluable acquisition to the agricultural literature of the day. Manure in this city is usually sold by the two-horse load--about 1½ tons--at the rate of $1 per load, or 66 cents
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----+------++-----+----+-----++ m t |Food|100 I| Man.|Resp. || Inc.|Man.|Resp.|| t d. ---------------------+----+-----+-----+------++-----+----+-----++-----
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--+----+----+----+----+----+----- B.--AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF VARIOUS MANURES. W Water. OS Organic Substance. A Ash. N Nitrogen. P Potash. S Soda. L Lime. M Ma
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Barn-yard Manure, Difference in Quality of, 246 Bean-straw for Manure,
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d in Open Yard, 63 ” Stable, Management, 333 ” Straw and Chaff as,
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roofs and roofing, doors and fastenings, workshops, poultry houses, manure sheds, barnyards, root pits, etc. 235 pages. 5 × 7 inches. Cloth. $1.00 +Irrigation Farming+ By L
12a | 45 3¼ | 62.2 | 2966| 8469|| 12a | 30 0¼ | 59.5 | 1940| 5478
12b | 45 1½ | 62.2 | 2939| 8412|| 12b | 33 2 | 60.2 | 2172| 6182
13a | 45 0½ | 62.2 | 2913| 8311|| 13a | 29 0 | 59.9 | 1924| 5427
13b | 43 3½ | 62.2 | 2858| 8403|| 13b | 32 2 | 60.4 | 2110| 5980
14a | 45 1¼ | 62.2 | 2946| 8498|| 14a | 29 3 | 60.0 | 1954| 5531
14b | 44 0½ | 62.2 | 2863| 8281|| 14b | 33 1¾ | 60.0 | 2158| 5161
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15a | 43 1¼ | 62.1 | 2801| 7699|| 15a | 31 3¼ | 60.0 | 2030| 5855
15b | 43 1 | 62.4 | 2810| 8083|| 15b | 33 3 | 60.6 | 2193| 6415
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16a | 49 2¼ | 61.7 | 3230| 9932|| 16a | 33 1¼ | 58.2 | 2100| 6634
16b | 50 0¾ | 61.7 | 3293| 9928|| 16 | 32 2 | 58.2 | 2115| 7106
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17a | 45 3 | 62.1 | 2948| 8218|| 17a | 18 3¾ | 60.8 | 1227| 3203
17b | 42 2¼ | 62.2 | 2732| 7629|| 17b | 17 0½ | 60.3 | 1110| 2914
18a | 24 0 | 61.2 | 1526| 3944|| 18a | 32 3¾ | 60.9 | 2127| 6144
18b | 23 2¾ | 61.0 | 1511| 3888|| 18b | 33 1¾ | 60.8 | 2170| 6385
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19 | 41 0¾ | 61.7 | 2666| 7343|| 19 | 30 0½ | 58.7 | 1967| 5818
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20 | 22 3 | 60.8 | 1445| 3662|| 20 | 17 2½ | 61.1 | 1155| 2986
21 | 32 0½ | 61.2 | 2030| 5470|| 21 | 24 1¾ | 60.8 | 1533| 3952
22 | 31 3 | 61.0 | 1994| 5334|| 22 | 24 2½ | 60.1 | 1553| 4010
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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. Quantity.
Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.
TC Total Corn.
TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).
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| 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 1½ | 56.8 | 1179| 3148|| 0 | 18 2¼ | 59.0 | 1181| 2726
1 | 17 0¾ | 56.3 | 1102| 3035|| 1 | 17 2½ | 59.0 | 1118| 2650
2 | 36 1¼ | 58.6 | 2277| 6594|| 2 | 41 0¾ | 60.4 | 2587| 5910
3 | 14 2 | 54.3 | 892| 2450|| 3 | 19 3¾ | 58.3 | 1236| 2813
4 | 16 1½ | 55.5 | 1026| 2757|| 4 | 22 1¾ | 58.8 | 1386| 2958
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5a | 18 3¼ | 56.5 | 1167| 3179|| 5a | 22 3¾ | 59.0 | 1409| 3026
5b | 20 1¼ | 56.2 | 1247| 3369|| 5b | 24 2¼ | 58.8 | 1512| 3247
6a | 27 1¼ | 58.2 | 1717| 4767|| 6a | 35 1½ | 59.9 | 2211| 4968
6b | 28 0½ | 58.5 | 1755| 4848|| 6b | 35 1¼ | 59.8 | 2193| 4950
7a | 37 1 | 58.0 | 2312| 6872|| 7a | 43 1¼ | 60.5 | 2782| 6462
7b | 36 2¼ | 57.6 | 2244| 6642|| 7b | 46 1½ | 60.3 | 2902| 6793
8a | 40 0½ | 56.8 | 2507| 7689|| 8a | 47 3 | 60.8 | 3058| 7355
8b | 37 3¾ | 57.1 | 2400| 7489|| 8b | 48 3¼ | 60.6 | 3129| 7579
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9a | 32 1½ | 57.2 | 2019| 5894|| 9a | 43 3 | 60.1 | 2767| 6634
9b | 26 0 | 56.3 | 1679| 4831|| 9b | 36 0¾ | 58.0 | 2220| 5203
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10a | 24 0¾ | 55.6 | 1505| 4323|| 10a | 29 0½ | 58.0 | 1816| 4208
10b | 27 2¾ | 57.2 | 1727| 4895|| 10b | 34 2 | 58.6 | 2185| 5060
11a | 31 3½ | 57.3 | 2001| 5518|| 11a | 39 0 | 58.5 | 2432| 5375
11b | 30 2½ | 57.5 | 1946| 5389|| 11b | 39 0¾ | 58.0 | 2397| 5317
12a | 33 3½ | 58.7 | 2102| 5949|| 12a | 43 3½ | 60.4 | 2747| 6394
12b | 32 3½ | 58.8 | 2079| 5804|| 12b | 43 2 | 60.4 | 2729| 6312
13a | 32 1¾ | 58.6 | 2036| 5779|| 13a | 42 3 | 60.6 | 2714| 6421
13b | 30 3¼ | 58.9 | 2008| 5659|| 13b | 43 2 | 60.5 | 2739| 6386
14a | 35 0¼ | 58.6 | 2195| 6397|| 14a | 43 3 | 60.5 | 2781| 6439
14b | 34 0¾ | 59.0 | 2162| 6279|| 14b | 42 3½ | 60.3 | 2699| 6351
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15a | 30 0½ | 59.1 | 1923| 5444|| 15a | 42 1¼ | 60.4 | 2681| 6368
15b | 32 0 | 59.4 | 2045| 5797|| 15b | 44 1¾ | 60.0 | 2765| 6543
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16a | 38 0½ | 58.5 | 2426| 7955|| 16a | 48 3¼ | 60.5 | 3131| 7814
16b | 37 3 | 58.7 | 2450| 7917|| 16b | 50 0 | 60.5 | 3194| 7897
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17a | 31 2½ | 59.0 | 1983| 5541|| 17a | 26 2¾ | 59.1 | 1642| 3700
17b | 30 1½ | 59.1 | 1935| 5400|| 17b | 25 3¾ | 58.8 | 1583| 3523
18a | 17 3½ | 57.8 | 1140| 3152|| 18a | 41 0¼ | 59.7 | 2566| 6009
18b | 18 0 | 57.7 | 1131| 3069|| 18b | 40 0¼ | 59.8 | 2519| 5884
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19 | 32 1 | 58.9 | 2059| 5621|| 19 | 41 2½ | 59.5 | 2600| 5793
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20 | 17 0¾ | 57.7 | 1075| 2963|| 20 | 19 2¾ | 58.4 | 1213| 2777
21 | 22 1½ | 58.0 | 1398| 3927|| 21 | 24 0 | 60.6 | 1538| 3353
22 | 21 1¾ | 57.8 | 1351| 3849|| 22 | 23 0½ | 60.6 | 1491| 3298
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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. Quantity.
Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.
TC Total Corn.
TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).
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| 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 2¼ | 54.0 | 1254| 3564
1 | 16 1¼ | 60.7 | 1055| 2685|| 1 | 19 3 | 55.0 | 1189| 3489
2 | 38 3¼ | 62.6 | 2512| 6349|| 2 | 36 0¾ | 56.5 | 2263| 7073
3 | 18 0 | 60.4 | 1141| 2811|| 3 | 18 1¼ | 52.5 | 1051| 3226
4 | 19 0½ | 61.1 | 1206| 2879|| 4 | 19 0¾ | 55.0 | 1188| 3418
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5a | 18 2¾ | 61.5 | 1187| 2719|| 5a | 20 2¼ | 56.0 | 1277| 3600
5b | 19 1 | 61.4 | 1227| 2870|| 5b | 20 2½ | 56.0 | 1273| 3666
6a | 28 2¼ | 62.1 | 1818| 4395|| 6a | 29 2½ | 56.5 | 1808| 5555
6b | 29 0½ | 62.1 | 1850| 4563|| 6b | 30 0½ | 56.5 | 1855| 5708
7a | 38 2¼ | 61.9 | 2450| 6415|| 7a | 34 2¾ | 55.9 | 2097| 6774
7b | 39 2¼ | 62.3 | 2530| 6622|| 7b | 34 2½ | 55.9 | 2089| 6892
8a | 41 3¾ | 61.8 | 2680| 7347|| 8a | 34 3¼ | 54.0 | 2068| 7421
8b | 41 3¼ | 61.7 | 2675| 7342|| 8b | 34 0¾ | 53.4 | 2007| 7604
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9a | 37 2¼ | 60.8 | 2384| 6701|| 9a | 30 0 | 54.5 | 1806| 7076
9b | 23 2 | 58.8 | 1470| 4158|| 9b | 24 2¼ | 50.5 | 1412| 5002
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10a | 22 3½ | 59.6 | 1439| 3569|| 10a | 18 3¾ | 51.5 | 1207| 3937
10b | 27 3 | 61.4 | 1775| 4390|| 10b | 25 2 | 52.5 | 1500| 4920
11a | 30 3½ | 60.5 | 1977| 4774|| 11a | 26 3½ | 51.4 | 1628| 5155
11b | 33 0¼ | 60.4 | 2099| 5117|| 11b | 27 3¼ | 51.3 | 1698| 5275
12a | 37 3¾ | 62.1 | 2437| 6100|| 12a | 34 2½ | 54.5 | 2060| 6610
12b | 37 0¾ | 62.1 | 2387| 6060|| 12b | 34 3½ | 54.8 | 2115| 6858
13a | 37 0¾ | 62.1 | 2384| 6077|| 13a | 34 0¾ | 55.0 | 2037| 6774
13b | 37 0¾ | 62.7 | 2397| 6074|| 13b | 34 3½ | 55.0 | 2087| 6894
14a | 37 3¼ | 62.1 | 2413| 6150|| 14a | 34 1¾ | 54.5 | 2054| 6817
14b | 38 1¼ | 62.0 | 2436| 6146|| 14b | 34 2¼ | 54.5 | 2074| 6774
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15a | 35 1½ | 62.6 | 2285| 5800|| 15a | 34 0¾ | 55.0 | 2053| 6826
15b | 37 2 | 62.8 | 2436| 6134|| 15a | 35 0¼ | 55.0 | 2095| 7088
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16a | 41 3 | 62.1 | 2702| 7499|| 16a | 34 3¾ | 52.6 | 2026| 7953
16b | 42 0½ | 62.1 | 2717| 7530|| 16b | 34 1¾ | 52.6 | 2005| 7798
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17a | 33 1¼ | 62.5 | 2150| 5353|| 17a | 21 1¼ | 55.0 | 1247| 3730
17b | 33 3¼ | 62.5 | 2181| 5455|| 17b | 19 3 | 54.5 | 1168| 3541
18a | 22 3¾ | 62.3 | 1472| 3480|| 18a | 32 3¼ | 55.5 | 1973| 6506
18b | 20 2¾ | 62.4 | 1338| 3305|| 18b | 32 2 | 56.0 | 1980| 6630
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19 | 33 1¼ | 62.5 | 2177| 5362|| 19 | 30 2 | 55.5 | 1903| 5926
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20 | 17 0 | 60.3 | 1089| 2819|| 20 | 17 3¼ | 52.5 | 1039| 3256
21 | 24 1¾ | 61.5 | 1574| 3947|| 21 | 26 1½ | 54.0 | 1538| 4723
22 | 22 0 | 61.5 | 1412| 3592|| 22 | 24 0¾ | 55.0 | 1460| 4440
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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. Quantity.
Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel.
TC Total Corn.
TP/C&S Total Produce (Corn and Straw).
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| 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
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| Bu. Pks.| lbs. | lbs.| lbs.|| | Bu. Pks.| lbs. | lbs.| lbs.
0 | 14 1¼ | 53.5 | 826| 2271|| 0 | 15 1½ | 57.6 | 1001| 2769
1 | 12 1¾ | 52.8 | 717| 2097|| 1 | 12 3¾ | 57.6 | 828| 2215
2 | 32 1¼ | 55.5 | 1864| 5304|| 2 | 34 3½ | 60.5 | 2202| 5303
3 | 12 3½ | 52.6 | 738| 2197|| 3 | 11 1¼ | 57.4 | 736| 1990
4 | 14 2 | 53.0 | 832| 2352|| 4 | 11 3½ | 58.0 | 863| 2193
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5a | 15 2¾ | 54.0 | 903| 2483|| 5a | 15 1¾ | 59.1 | 1047| 2540
5b | 16 0½ | 53.1 | 935| 2595|| 5b | 15 1½ | 59.0 | 1082| 2692
6a | 21 0½ | 53.7 | 1210| 3393|| 6a | 27 1¼ | 59.5 | 1755| 4328
6b | 22 3¼ | 54.2 | 1326| 3719|| 6b | 27 3¼ | 59.4 | 1818| 4501
7a | 27 3½ | 54.3 | 1612| 4615|| 7a | 35 2¼ | 59.0 | 2263| 5764
7b | 27 2¼ | 54.3 | 1597| 4734|| 7b | 34 1¼ | 59.0 | 2183| 5738
8a | 30 3 | 52.8 | 1759| 5639|| 8a | 36 0 | 58.3 | 2290| 6203
8b | 31 2¾ | 52.3 | 1787| 5600|| 8b | 34 0¼ | 58.5 | 2190| 5985
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9a | 32 2½ | 51.5 | 1858| 6635|| 9a | 33 3 | 56.8 | 2162| 6607
9b | 19 2¼ | 48.5 | 1155| 4285|| 9b | 13 3 | 53.9 | 909| 3079
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10a | 15 0½ | 49.5 | 905| 3118|| 10a | 12 3½ | 55.0 | 854| 2784
10b | 18 2½ | 51.0 | 1060| 3420|| 10b | 15 3¾ | 55.5 | 1033| 3196
11a | 22 1½ | 51.0 | 1270| 3773|| 11a | 23 1¾ | 55.3 | 1455| 4032
11b | 22 1½ | 51.2 | 1307| 4000|| 11b | 25 0¾ | 55.8 | 1578| 4223
12a | 28 0½ | 53.4 | 1648| 4878|| 12a | 32 1¼ | 58.1 | 2009| 5201
12b | 26 2¼ | 53.5 | 1577| 4664|| 12b | 33 1¾ | 58.7 | 2144| 5481
13a | 26 0¾ | 54.3 | 1575| 4568|| 13a | 33 1¼ | 59.9 | 2168| 5486
13b | 27 0½ | 53.8 | 1600| 4637|| 13b | 35 0 | 60.0 | 2304| 5794
14a | 27 1½ | 53.7 | 1583| 4636|| 14a | 33 0¼ | 59.1 | 2125| 5502
14b | 27 0¼ | 53.2 | 1563| 4666|| 14b | 33 3¾ | 59.3 | 2173| 5476
| | | | || | | | |
15a | 25 1½ | 53.8 | 1510| 4387|| 15a | 34 1¾ | 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 1¾ | 58.0 | 2338| 6761
16b | 32 3 | 51.7 | 1889| 6096|| 16b | 37 2 | 58.6 | 2432| 6775
| | | | || | | | |
17a | 24 0¼ | 54.1 | 1409| 4109|| 17a | 19 1 | 59.3 | 1229| 2982
17b | 26 1½ | 54.3 | 1548| 4518|| 17b | 18 0¾ | 59.1 | 1166| 2829
18a | 15 1¼ | 54.5 | 929| 2649|| 18a | 32 1½ | 59.6 | 2650| 5144
18b | 16 1¼ | 54.6 | 963| 2706|| 18b | 33 1½ | 59.5 | 2122| 5446
| | | | || | | | |
19 | 24 0½ | 53.0 | 1435| 4178|| 19 | 32 2 | 58.8 | 2107| 5345
| | | | || | | | |
20 | 12 0¼ | 51.5 | 722| 2155|| 20 | 13 0½ | 57.9 | 872| 2340
21 | 15 2 | 52.5 | 893| 2639|| 21 | 16 1¾ | 58.2 | 1109| 2749
22 | 13 3¼ | 53.8 | 847| 2414|| 22 | 19 2¾ | 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. Quantity.
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 3½ | 58.5 | 1228| 3258|| 0 | 22 0½ | 62.6 | 1429| 3254
1 | 16 2¾ | 58.0 | 1024| 2772|| 1 | 20 3 | 62.8 | 1334| 3079
2 | 38 1½ | 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 2½ | 58.5 | 1049| 2711|| 4 | 20 1 | 62.3 | 1303| 2957
| | | | || | | | |
5a | 17 3¾ | 59.0 | 1119| 2959|| 5a | 19 2½ | 63.0 | 1283| 2970
5b | 17 2½ | 59.0 | 1101| 2961|| 5b | 19 3 | 63.0 | 1296| 3064
6a | 27 2 | 59.5 | 1715| 4554|| 6a | 39 1½ | 62.3 | 2522| 6236
6b | 28 3¼ | 59.8 | 1797| 4897|| 6b | 39 3 | 62.3 | 2534| 6250
7a | 35 2¼ | 59.3 | 2200| 6106|| 7a | 53 1¼ | 62.6 | 3477| 9330
7b | 36 0¾ | 59.5 | 2265| 6178|| 7b | 54 0 | 62.5 | 3507| 9385
8a | 39 3 | 59.2 | 2477| 7200|| 8a | 56 2¼ | 62.3 | 3668|10383
8b | 39 0½ | 59.0 | 2452| 7087|| 8b | 54 3¼ | 62.3 | 3559|10048
| | | | || | | | |
9a | 43 1¾ | 59.5 | 2688| 8738|| 9a | 55 2¼ | 62.1 | 3576| 9888
9b | 25 3½ | 56.3 | 1641| 4897|| 9b | 41 1¾ | 62.5 | 2723| 6920
| | | | || | | | |
10a | 23 0¼ | 56.5 | 1457| 4050|| 10a | 39 0½ | 62.6 | 2587| 6068
10b | 24 3¼ | 57.5 | 1600| 4443|| 10b | 43 2¼ | 62.8 | 2858| 6914
11a | 26 2¾ | 58.0 | 1706| 4548|| 11a | 45 0 | 62.5 | 2979| 7212
11b | 27 0¼ | 58.0 | 1734| 4607|| 11b | 46 2 | 62.1 | 3060| 7519
12a | 34 1¼ | 58.0 | 2096| 5745|| 12a | 54 2¾ | 62.1 | 3533| 8976
12b | 33 0¾ | 58.0 | 2025| 5634|| 12b | 53 1 | 62.2 | 3454| 8819
13a | 31 3¾ | 58.0 | 1953| 5542|| 13a | 53 1 | 62.6 | 3453| 9192
13b | 32 2¾ | 58.0 | 2019| 5691|| 13b | 53 1¼ | 62.5 | 3439| 9238
14a | 30 1¾ | 58.0 | 1886| 5283|| 14a | 54 1¾ | 62.5 | 3527| 8986
14b | 32 0¼ | 58.1 | 2008| 5558|| 14b | 53 1¾ | 62.5 | 3450| 8749
| | | | || | | | |
15a | 30 1¾ | 58.3 | 1872| 5268|| 15a | 48 1¼ | 62.5 | 3114| 8276
15b | 32 2¾ | 58.3 | 2029| 5787|| 15b | 48 0 | 62.9 | 3127| 8240
| | | | || | | | |
16a | 36 1¼ | 58.0 | 2225| 6752|| 16a | 56 2¾ | 62.4 | 3710|10717
16b | 36 0½ | 57.5 | 2233| 6730|| 16b | 55 0¼ | 62.3 | 3607|10332
| | | | || | | | |
17a | 27 3½ | 58.1 | 1747| 4827|| 17a | 21 0½ | 62.8 | 1370| 3288
17b | 27 2¼ | 58.1 | 1685| 4762|| 17b | 21 1½ | 62.8 | 1389| 3292
18a | 18 1½ | 58.5 | 1168| 3161|| 18a | 46 1½ | 62.6 | 3006| 7889
18b | 18 2¾ | 58.5 | 1195| 3335|| 18b | 46 0¾ | 62.8 | 3009| 7737
| | | | || | | | |
19 | 23 1½ | 57.2 | 1479| 4132|| 19 | 46 2¾ | 62.9 | 3054| 7577
| | | | || | | | |
20 | 12 1½ | 57.3 | 818| 2335|| 20 | 17 2¾ | 62.5 | 1137| 2609
21 | 20 1½ | 58.1 | 1273| 3465|| 21 | 27 2½ | 62.5 | 1796| 4279
22 | 20 0¼ | 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 quantity 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
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