“I am with you there,” said the Deacon. “You seem to think that I do not appreciate the labors of scientific men. I do. Such experiments as these we are examining command the respect of every intelligent farmer. I may not fully understand them, but I can see clearly enough that they are of great value.” Experiments at Rothamsted on the Growth of Wheat, Year After Year, on the Same Land. Table IX.--Manures per Acre per Annum (with the exceptions explained in the Notes on p. 203), for 12 Years in succession--namely, for the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th Seasons: that is, for the crops of Harvests 1852- 53- 54- 55- 56- 57- 58- 59- 60- 61- 62 and 1863.* Manures FM Farm-yard Manure. CS Common Salt. SP Sulphate of Potass.[1] SS Sulphate of Soda.[1] SMg Sulphate of Magnesia.[1] B-A Bone-ash. SAc Sulphuric Acid. (Sp. gr. 1.7) MAc Muriatic Acid. SAm Sulphate of Ammonia. MAm Muriate of Ammonia. NS Nitrate of Soda. RC Rape-cake. --------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Manures per Acre per Annum for 12 Years, 1851-2 to | | 1862-3 inclusive, except in the cases explained in the | | Notes on p. 203. | P +-----+-----+----+----+----+----+---------------+----+----+----+ l | | | | | | | Superphosphate| | | | o | | | | | | | of Lime. | | | | t | | | | | | +----+----+-----+ | | | s | FM | CS | SP | SS |SMg |B-A |SAc |MAc | SAm |MAm | NS | RC | --------+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+ |Tons.| lbs.|lbs.|lbs.|lbs.|lbs.|lbs.|lbs.|lbs. |lbs.|lbs.|lbs.| 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |600 |450 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |600 |400 |200 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |Unmanured | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |Unmanured | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5a | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5b | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6a | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | 100 |100 | .. | .. | 6b | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | 100 |100 | .. | .. | 7a | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | 200 |200 | .. | .. | 7b | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | 200 |200 | .. | .. | 8a | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | 300 |300 | .. | .. | 8b | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | 300 |300 | .. | .. | [2] 9a | .. | .. |300 |200 |100 |200 |150 | .. | .. | .. |550 | .. | [3] 9b | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |550 | .. | 10a | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 200 |200 | .. | .. |