and in the Stack in Haymakinf/. 



Table III. — Produce in lbs. of Plot 1, calculated per Acre. 



45 



Cut as early as the 15tla of April, the clover, it will be seen, 

 contained much more moisture than the cuttings on the 26th of 

 May, 10th and 30th of June. 



The first mowing- also was poor in nitrogenous matter, and 

 this poverty was due not merely to the greater amount of water, 

 for the dry substance itself yielded only 2-42 per cent, of ni- 

 trogen, whereas the dry produce on June the 10th contained 

 3'31 per cent., and that of the oOth of June 3-10 per cent, of 

 nitrogen. 



By far the largest weight of clover was obtained at the first 

 cutting, and comparatively little at the second ; in the following 

 fortnight, fine and warm weather having set in, the clover again 

 grew vigorously. 



Altogether plot 1 produced in the 6 mowings 5 tons 8 cwt. 

 and 64 lbs. of fresh clover, or calculated as hay, 1 ton 11 cwt. 

 76 lbs. of clover-hay per acre. 



The 2nd plot yielded the results contained in the following 

 Tables (see pp. 46, 47). 



In this plot — 



1. The first mowing was much poorer in nitrogenous matters 

 than all the succeeding cuttings. 



2. The second mowing contained an unusually large amount of 

 moisture. 1 must, however, explain that this arose in a great 

 measure from a heavy dew which had fallen on the clover shortly 

 before it was weisfhed in the field. 



