The Farmer's Guide to Scientific and Practical Agriculture Volume 2; Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, in All Their Variety, and Adapting Them to the Seasons of the Year as They Successively Occur (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...on the acre, with 15 cubic yards of farmyard dung alone. The only peculiarity of the cultures seems to have been the subsoiling to the depth of 15 inches between the drills. 4947. Swedish turnips.--The power of guano as an auxiliary to farmyard dung in raising a crop of turnips is considerable. Mr A. F. Gardner, at Barrochan, applied 18 tons of farm dung to the acre at 5s. the ton, 4, 10s., and 3 cwt. of Peruvian guano at 10s. the cwt., 1, 10s.--together making a cost of 6 the acre, produced, in 1844, on stiff clay land that had been trenched with the spade 16 inches deep in the winter of 1842-3, 34 tons 19 cwt. of Swedish turnips; compared with 29 tons 10 cwt., raised with 35 tons of farmyard dung at 5s. the ton, at a cost of 8, 15s. an acre--giving an advantage of 5 tons 9 cwt. to the guano, which, at 10s. the ton, gives a profit of 2, 14s. 6d. an acre. The crop itself stands thus--34 tons 19 cwt. swedes, at 10s., 17 9 6 Deduct cost of the manures, . 6 0 0 Leaving a balance of 11 9 6 whereas the balance left by the farmyard dung alone was 6 the acre. The guano was sown upon the top of the farm dung along the drill on the 13th of May, and the crop was pulled at the end of October. 4.948. In a similar experiment with 20 tons of farm dung, and 6 cwt. of Peruvian guano, sown upon the drills after the crop was up, the produce was 25 tons 3 cwt. 67 lb. of Swedish turnips, while that quantity of dung alone produced only 21 tons 7 cwt. 71 lb.--giving an advantage to the guano of 3 tons 15 cwt. 108 lb., which, at 10s. the cwt., is 1,18s. 3d. of profit an acre. The crop was sown on the 4th of June, and pulled at the end of October 1844.+ 4949. A combination of special manures produced as marked an increase in Swe...