58 Changes ivhich take place in the Field 



On June 23 137 lbs. 



„ 30 108 



July 7 no 



„ 18 99 



„ 28 63 



On the 7tli of June apparently more clover was mown than in 

 the preceding week. But if we look at the amount of dry sub- 

 stance in the clover on the 30th of June and on July 7th, we 

 find 37^ lbs. in the former, and 3A^ lbs. in round numbers in the 

 latter. 



The dry produce on the 18th of July was a little greater than 

 on plot 11, mown eleven days previously. It must not be inferred 

 from this that really more clover would have been obtained on 

 the whole clover-field, if instead of mowing it on the 7th of 

 July it had been allowed to grow until the 18th, for the whole 

 tenor of the results of the experiments on plots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 

 and 12 tends to show that the amount of dry clover decreased 

 after the 16th of June from week to week. I am therefore 

 disposed to conjecture that this exceptional result was due to the 

 circumstance that the clover on plot 11 probably was a little 

 thicker than on plot 10, or the land a little better. 



On the last plot (12) the decrease in the weight of clover is 

 very marked, as well as the deterioration in the quality of the 

 produce. 



The subjoined tabulated results afford additional proof to that 

 already adduced, of the great deterioration of quality of clover 

 which is allowed to become overripe in the field. The table 

 gives the amount of soluble and insoluble matter, and as the 

 amount of crude woody fibre (matters insoluble in water) indi- 

 cates with tolerable accuracy the comparative amount of indiges- 

 tible woody fibre in hay, the following results are not void of 

 interest or partial utility : — 



Propohtion of Matters Soluble and Insoluble in Water in Clover-produce of 



Plots 5 to 12. 



100 parts of Fresh Clover contained : 



