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
TEXT
SEARCH INSIDE THIS BOOK
51 pages
Results for Same. Open a page to see the matches highlighted.
Page 1 6 matches
o the American Farmer.-- The growth of Wheat Year after Year on the same Land, unmanured, with Farm-yard Manure, and with various Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers.
Page 2 4 matches
immediately active and available. It is unquestionably true, that the same amount of nitrogen in barn-yard manure, will not produce so great an effect as its theoretical value would in
Page 3 4 matches
for twenty-seven years, there has been a great loss of nitrogen. The same remarks apply to this case. No one ever advocates summer-fallowing land every other year, and sowing nothing
Page 4 4 matches
d grass, root, stem, and branch, all are composed or made up of these same dozen elements. If I ask you what bread is made of, you say it is composed of the dozen elements aforesaid. I
Page 5 2 matches
refreshes the plants, and fills the leaves with sap, precisely in the same way. All these fertilizing effects, however, belong to climate. It is inaccurate to associate either mulching
Page 6 7 matches
and on the other. This will give you some good, rich muck, and at the same time drain your swamp. Then cut some _under-drains_ from _y_ towards the higher land at _w_, _v_, and _h_, an
Page 7 4 matches
om the soil. In this way the “condition” of the soil would remain the same. If we sell _less_ than we develop, the condition of the soil will improve. By “condition,” I mean the amoun
Page 8 3 matches
ed at the breweries with the “grains,” and are sold to milkmen at the same price--from 12 to 15 cents per bushel. Where their value is not known, they can, doubtless, be sometimes obta
Page 9 10 matches
enting in an exposed heap for six months, it still contains about the same _percentage_ of water. When kept in the heap until August, the percentage of water is much greater. Of four t
Page 10 3 matches
gen, and 30¾ lbs. of soluble mineral matter. If they buy a ton of the same manure that has been kept under cover until February, they get, nitrogen, 15 lbs.; soluble minerals, 42½ lbs.
Page 11 2 matches
, and the manure becomes rapidly deteriorated in value, whilst at the same time it is diminished in weight. “21. Well-rotten dung is more readily affected by the deteriorating influen
Page 12 3 matches
garden, more than two loads of the straw and corn manure. To get the same amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, you have to spend more than twice the labor in cleaning out
Page 13 2 matches
imes, when comparatively dry, we use the refuse sheep bedding for the same purpose. Where the sheep barn is contiguous to the pig-pens, and when the sheep bedding can be thrown at once
Page 14 8 matches
iately available. It makes it more soluble. We ferment manure for the same reason that we decompose bone-dust or mineral phosphates with sulphuric acid, and convert them into superphos
Page 15 4 matches
nd in the manure.” How to keep cows tied up in the barn, and at the same time save all the urine, is one of the most difficult problems I have to deal with in the management of manur
Page 16 1 match
nd supporting 20 cows, would give us a gross return of $1,204.50. The same farm so improved as to produce 2¼ tons of hay or its equivalent, per acre--fed to 20 cows _capable of eating,
Page 17 1 match
this, his land has been growing richer and richer. And, in fact, the same is true of Mr. Geddes’ farm. It is richer land to-day than when first plowed, while there is one field that f
Page 18 9 matches
80.4 ” ” ” ” Fresh solid cow-dung contains, according to the same authority, 90 per cent of water. I have frequently seen manure drawn out in the spring, that had not been de
Page 19 2 matches
arch, April, May, and June, than wheat; and, consequently, to get the same amount of food, it is not necessary that the clover should have as much nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash, et
Page 20 7 matches
es of wheat, and as much potash as the produce from five acres of the same crop. Clover thus unquestionably removes from the land very much more mineral matter than does wheat; wheat,
Page 21 2 matches
s, containing 61 lbs. of nitrogen; that is, there was very nearly the same quantity of roots and nitrogen in them, as that furnished in the soil from the brow of the hill. “The roots,
Page 22 4 matches
f nitrogen per acre, that is, considerably more than was found in the same section of the soil where the clover was mown twice for hay; showing plainly, that during the ripening of the
Page 23 3 matches
cre, and contained 100 lbs. of nitrogen. A few yards distance, on the same soil, where the clover was bad, the acre of roots contained only 31 lbs. of nitrogen per acre. So far, so go
Page 24 3 matches
ments at Rothamsted on the Growth of Wheat, Year After Year, on the Same Land. Table 1.--Manures And Produce; 1st Season, 1843-4. Manures and Seed (Old Red Lammas) Sown Autumn 1
Page 25 3 matches
f manure again in 1845?” “Precisely that, Deacon,” said I, “and this same plot has received this amount of manure every year since, up to the present time--for these same experiments
Page 26 4 matches
of corn and 789 lbs. of straw, which was the increase obtained by the same amount of ammoniacal salt on 10_a_, as compared with 10_b_. “It will be observed, however, that in the forme
Page 27 3 matches
monia-salts alone on plot 10_a_, gave 19¼ bushels per acre, while the same quantity of ammonia, with superphosphate in addition, gave, on plot 9_b_, 25 bushels per acre. The addition
Page 28 9 matches
--“What have you here?” --“Ammonia,” said I; and at 6_b_ he asked the same question, and I replied “ammonia.” At 7_a_, the same question and the same answer. Standing between 7_b_ and
Page 29 6 matches
that the next year and the year after, the salt _was_ applied at the same time as the other manures. It gave an increase of 94 lbs. of grain and 61 lbs. of straw in 1851, but the foll
Page 30 2 matches
uite 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 weig
Page 31 3 matches
e consider that this is the twentieth wheat-crop in succession on the same land, these figures are certainly remarkable. “They are so,” said the Deacon, “and what to me is the most su
Page 32 6 matches
king them together in a bottle, and allowing the soil to subside, the same result was obtained. The action, therefore, was in no way referable to any physical law brought into operatio
Page 33 13 matches
s in the spring assumed a rich, dark green color. I have observed the same effect where coal-ashes were spread on grass-land; and I have thought that the apparent benefit was due large
Page 34 3 matches
shes Experiments on the Growth of Barley, Year After Year, on the Same Land, Without Manure, and With Different Descriptions of Manure, Hoos Field, Rothamsted, England. Tabl
Page 35 1 match
rs.] Experiments on the Growth of Barley, Year After Year, on the Same Land, Without Manure, and With Different Descriptions of Manure, Hoos Field, Rothamsted, England. Tabl
Page 36 6 matches
traw. “That will do,” said the Deacon, “but I see that in 1857, this same plot, with the same manure, produced 66½ bushels of dressed grain per acre, weighing 53½ lbs. to the bushel,
Page 37 3 matches
nips does not enrich land for grain crops. Turnips were grown on the same land, year after year, for ten years. The land was then plowed and sown to barley for three years. The follow
Page 38 8 matches
them. In 1857, I made the following experiments on potatoes, in the same field on which the preceding experiment was made in 1852. In this case, as before, the land was a two-year-o
Page 39 2 matches
n autumn, has afforded a yield of about 70 bushels per acre, when the same amount applied in spring, gave only 50 bushels. A thin coating of manure applied to winter-wheat at the time
Page 40 10 matches
And such facts and experiments as we have, seem to indicate that the same is also true of Indian corn. It is, at any rate, reasonable to suppose that, as Indian corn belongs to the sa
Page 41 13 matches
Plot 10, with 400 lbs. of unleached wood-ashes per acre, produces the same quantity of _sound corn_, with an extra bushel of ‘nubbins’ per acre, as plot 1, without any manure at all; a
Page 42 9 matches
gave an increase of 14½ tons per acre. And the following year, on the same land, it gave an increase of 13½ tons; and the next year, on the same land, over 9 tons.” “Yes,” said I, “th
Page 43 6 matches
res did any good. Ellwanger & Barry also tried them, and reported the same negative result. This was several years ago, and I do not think any similar experiments have been made since.
Page 44 2 matches
e land_, $1.06. “A ton of the fresh fæces,” said the Deacon, “at the same estimate, would be worth (20 lbs. nitrogen, at 20 cents, $4; 21¾ lbs. phosphoric acid, at 12½ cents, $2.70),
Page 45 6 matches
ticle.” As to whether it is better, when you can buy nitrogen at the same price in nitrate of soda as you can in sulphate of ammonia, to use the one or the other will depend on circum
Page 46 9 matches
crop of wheat. And the experience of farmers everywhere tends in the same direction. England is the greatest turnip-growing country in the world, and you will find that where one farm
Page 47 8 matches
e, this was to be expected, and they had expected it much sooner. The same with wheat; he expected the end would come in a few years, but they had now gone on between 30 and 40 years.
Page 48 2 matches
y giving to it the food necessary to grow good grasses, sowing at the same time a small quantity of the best seeds. I further suggested that a flock of sheep should be allowed to run o
Page 49 4 matches
se in the fall for wheat, on land that has been cropped with oats the same year. The manure put on for potatoes is generally estimated to enrich the land sufficient for it to produce o
Page 53 1 match
ng for, 35-168 ” the 20th Crop on Same Land, 213 ” Top-dressing for, 270 ”
Page 54 2 matches
value.” “Suppose, Deacon,” said he _quotation marks as in original (same speaker)_ carbonaceous matter and water, of little or no value?” _text has question mark after close quote_
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
19 | 41 0¾ | 61.7 | 2666| 7343|| 19 | 30 0½ | 58.7 | 1967| 5818
| | | | || | | | |
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
-----+---------+------+-----+-----||-----+---------+------+-----+-----
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).
-----+----------------------------||-----+----------------------------
| 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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
19 | 32 1 | 58.9 | 2059| 5621|| 19 | 41 2½ | 59.5 | 2600| 5793
| | | | || | | | |
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
-----+---------+------+-----+-----||-----+---------+------+-----+-----
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).
-----+----------------------------||-----+----------------------------
| 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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
19 | 33 1¼ | 62.5 | 2177| 5362|| 19 | 30 2 | 55.5 | 1903| 5926
| | | | || | | | |
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
-----+---------+------+-----+-----||-----+---------+------+-----+-----
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).
-----+----------------------------||-----+----------------------------
| 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 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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
| | | | || | | | |
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
SOURCES & PROVENANCE
1 listed
This page is an AI-organised index. The label means the grouping and cross-links were compiled with AI; the information itself comes from the public-domain books, reports and manuals listed below. Open any source to read the local copy or follow the link to the original publication.
PUBLIC-DOMAIN BOOK
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
primary
Full text in the local archive
Bibliographic record from the archive catalogue.