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plants which are small and weak. Wheat should be sown somewhat 

 thicker when planted late. I^ate planted wheat often germinates less 

 freely and usually tillers less, than wheat sown earlier, as is shown in the 

 following Table. 



1 1 80 - A Study of the Problem of Forage Production in Uruguay, dealing with 

 the use of Artificial Inoculation in the Lucerne Fields. — moreira a. s., and 



Mendizabai. M. F. in Rcpublica Oriental del Uruguay, Ministerio de Industrias, Ins- 

 peccion Nacional de Ganaderia y Agricidtura, Bulletin No. 18. Montevideo, 1916. 



In order to increase the forage production in Uruguay the following 

 crops have been tried : 



1) Grass and clover mixtures. 



2) Oats. 



3) Ivucerne. 



All these have been more or less unsuccessful. Owing to the geological 

 formation of the soils in Uruguay it is not possible to establish permanent 

 stands of lucerne, as has been done in the Argentine pampas, where the 

 plant continues productive for more than 40 years. 



As lucerne could not be grown under irrigation in the fields of the 

 National Inspectorate of Livestock and Agriculture, experiments were 

 made to see whether it could be grown with the aid of deep ploughing and 

 inoculation of the fields with nitragin obtained from the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture. In the present paper the results of the second 

 set of experiments are given. 



Preparation of the soil. — The experimental plots measured 16 ^ X 33 

 feet, and were on a very light sandy soil containing a fair amount of hu- 

 mus, which had been tinder potatoes from the spring of 1914 to the middle 

 of January 1915 and had then been left fallow till the beginning of May. 

 The plots were worked to a depth of ig inches and were then harrowed 

 on May 20th. 



Time and method of sowiw^ ; quantity of seed used. — The four plots 



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MEADOWS 

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