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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



SOWING OP FIELDS OP GRAIN WITH CLOVER. 



Since our experiments have shown that clover can be grown with fields of grain in 

 the manner described without lessening the yield of grain for the year, the following 

 fields were thus treated, all being sown with Mammoth Red clover in the proportion of 

 10 pounds to the acre. 



Improved Ligowo oats. A field of 4^ acres of a clay loam was sown with this 

 variety of oats on 30th April and 10 pounds of Mammoth Red clover seed used per 

 acre. The oats were cut on 2nd August and gave a crop of 44 bushels 10 pounds per 

 acre. By the middle of October the clover had made a thick and even growth about 10 

 or 12 inches high. Although the catch of clover in this case was very fair the plants were 

 not so thick on the ground as those in the plots where the land was lighter, the clover 

 roots, however, were stronger and thicker. 



Oats — Early Gothland, 2 acres ; yield per acre 40 



This makes a total of 35^ acres of field plots of grain which were sown with clover 

 for ploughing under, in addition to 16^ acres seeded for meadow. In every case the 

 clover made a strong and even growth, and formed a good mat of foliage, which filled 

 the soil well with fibrous roots. The clover, with one or two exceptions, was all ploughed 

 under about the end of October. 



WEIGHT OP OLOVEE LEAVES, STEMS AND ROOTS PER ACRE. 



In the field of Improved Ligowo oats — on clay loam — a small area, 4 feet by 4 (16 

 square feet), was dug to the depth of 9 inches and all the roots and tops of the clover 

 carefully gathered and weighed. The same was done with nine of the smaller plots, and 

 the weight of the material thus gathered estimated per acre. 



From field sown 30th April with Ligowo oats, with 10 pounds Mammoth Red 



clover per acre : — 



Tons. Pounds. 



Dug 20th Oct — Weight of clover leaves and stems per acre . . 5 209 



" roots per acre 3 2y6 



Total 



8 505 



