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According to the results here presented in tabulated form it will be 

 seen that upwards of 20 tons per annum of green pasture crop per 5cre 

 were produced by Lucerne and also by the Common Red clover. Each 

 of these yields is about double that of Tall Oat grass and of Orchard 

 grass previously reported. The White or Dutch clover made a high 

 record, producing over 17 tons of green pasture crop per acre per an- 

 num. Although this clover does not produce a very large amount of 

 hay, it will be seen that it furnishes a large amount of pasture, as it 

 forms an exceedingly compact mass near the surface of the ground. 

 The results which are here presented should be considered in connec- 

 tion with the results previously reported under the heading of "Varie- 

 ties of Grasses for the Production of Pasture." 



Mixtures of Hardy Grasses and Clovers for the Production 

 OF Either Hay or Pasture. A large amount of experimental work 

 has been done in testing varieties of grasses and clovers, both singly 

 and in combination, within the past twenty-seven years. The grasses 

 and clovers have been carefully studied, and much information has been 

 gleaned in regard to their value, for hay and also for pasture. In 1885, 

 Prof. Wm. Brown, who was then Farm Superintendent at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, recommended a mixture which he thought well 

 adapted for permanent pasture. Only the most hardy varieties which 

 had been tested up to that time were included in the mixture. In 1893, 

 after eight years of additional experimental work, during which time 

 the writer was closely connected with the work of the Experimental 



