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 - Joseph Harris

4. Common salt—not applied after the 10th season.

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 potass, soda, and magnesia, and superphosphate of lime, in the 10th; ammonia-salts again in the 11th; the sulphates of potass, soda, and magnesia, and superphosphate of lime, again in the 12th, and so on. Plots 18, on the other hand, had the sulphates of potass, 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 Cluster) 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.

Wt/Bu. Weight per Bushel. C&S Corn and Straw.

	Dressed Corn.		Total Corn	Total Produce (C&S)		Dressed Corn.		Total Corn	Total Produce (C&S)
P l o t s.	Produce per Acre, etc. (For the Manures see pp. 202 and 203.)				P l o t s.	Produce per Acre, etc. (For the Manures see pp. 202 and 203.)
	Quantity	Wt/Bu.	Total Corn	Total Produce (C&S)		Quantity	Wt/Bu.	Total Corn	Total Produce (C&S)
	Bu. Pks.	lbs.	lbs.	lbs.		Bu. Pks.	lbs.	lbs.	lbs.
0	15 0¾	55.8	919	2625	0	9 0¾	49.1	599	2406
1	13 1	56.9	825	2322	1	6 1¾	46.1	404	2036
2	27 2¼	58.2	1716	5173	2	19 0½	51.1	1120	4492
3	13 3¼	56.6	860	2457	3	5 3¼	45.1	359	1772
4	13 1¼	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 0¼	57.3	1065	3097	5b	10 1	48.9	611	2741
6a	20 3	57.6	1288	3869	6a	16 3¼	51.8	978	3755
6b	20 3½	57.5	1300	3904	6b	19 1	51.8	1072	3870
7a	26 2½	56.0	1615	5465	7a	23 2½	52.2	1369	5110
7b	26 3¾	55.8	1613	5415	7b	23 2¼	51.1	1357	5091
8a	27 3½	55.9	1699	5505	8a	22 1¼	51.1	1346	5312
8b	27 0½	55.9	1651	5423	8b	24 2¼	51.1	1425	5352
9a	25 2	55.6	1591	5305	9a	11 1	47.7	691	3090
9b	24 1¾	55.3	1509	4883	9b	10 1¾	46.1	649	2902
10a	21 3½	55.9	1320	4107	10a	9 3¾	48.9	642	2691
10b	22 0¼	57.3	1343	4162	10b	15 2	49.8	896	3578
11a	24 0¾	55.6	1472	4553	11a	17 2	50.1	1015	3539
11b	22 1½	55.9	1387	4299	11b	18 2¾	51.1	1073	3780
12a	24 1¾	57.4	1503	4760	12a	22 0	52.0	1283	4948
12b	24 1¼	57.3	1492	4721	12b	23 3¼	51.1	1375	5079
13a	24 0	57.5	1480	4702	13a	22 1¼	52.1	1341	5045
13b	23 3¾	57.1	1476	4765	13b	23 2½	51.1	1396	5308
14a	24 1¾	56.9	1507	5054	14a	21 2	51.2	1322	4793
14b	25 0¼	56.7	1530	5137	14b	23 0¾	52.6	1347	5108
15a	23 1¼	57.4	1451	4663	15a	19 0	51.1	1143	4504
15b	25 0½	56.8	1520	4941	15b	23 2½	51.1	1351	5107
16a	28 3½	55.0	1794	6471	16a	24 1½	52.5	1496	6400
16b	28 0	54.5	1700	6316	16b	25 3¼	52.5	1537	6556
17a	25 2	56.5	1577	5311	17a	8 1¾	49.8	520	2516
17b	24 1½	56.9	1520	4986	17b	8 3¾	48.9	539	2551
18a	13 3	57.0	869	2556	18a	17 3¼	52.9	1111	4496
18b	14 3¾	56.7	921	2685	18b	20 3	52.1	1256	5052
19	24 3¾	56.1	1582	4979	19	19 1¼	52.6	1160	4373
20	14 0¾	56.6	875	2452	20	5 3¼	47.8	425	2084
21	19 1¾	56.9	1177	3285	21	12 3¾	50.4	753	2934
22	19 2¼	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.