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1075 - Experiments on the Cultivation of Meadows on Peat Soils in Russia. — i o- 



ariXYKH V. A., in Ce.ihch'oi' Xo.if/in'iitno 11 .lihcoadOciinu) (Agriculture- ami Sylvicul- 

 ture), Vol, CCIyl, Year I^XXVI, Pctrograd, June 1916. 



The experiments were carried out in 1914 and 1915 in the province of 

 Toula according to the following plan : 



i) Harrowing with harrow of different t373es. 

 2) Harrowing and manuring. 



4) Deep ploughing manuring and seeding with grass seeds after 

 the removal of a preparatory crop. 



5) Deep ploughing, manuring, chalking and seeding with grass seeds 

 after the removal of preparatory crop. Nearly all the experiments were 

 repeated on three plots of 72 sq. poles each. The manures applied were 

 2.9 cwt. basic slag per acre and 66 lbs of potash salts per acre. For chalk- 

 ing, each acre received 9 cwt. of chalk. With regard to the seeding, 

 each acre received 11 lbs. per acre of the following : species TrifoUum 

 pratense L-, T. hybridum, T. repens, Phletim prafense L-, Festuca pra- 

 tensis Huds., Poa prafensis I^., Pon trivialis L-, Cynosurus cristatus L-, 

 Bronius inermis Leyss. and LoUum perenne : in some czsesAgrostis vulgaris 

 Wish, and Dactylis glomerata h- were added. The first year, for \'arious 

 reasons, the experiments were not successful, especially wiih a preparatory 

 crop. The results of the second year's experiments are summed up in the 

 following Table. 



FOR.'VGE CROPS, 



MEADOWS 

 AND PASTURES 



Experiments on the Cultivation of Peat Bugs. 



