I 



and in the Stack in Haymaking. 



100 parts of Dried Clover contained : 



59 



In comparing the preceding results with each other, it must 

 be borne in inind that the clover at the later periods of mowing 

 contained very much less water than at the earlier stages of 

 growth, and that therefore the comparison ought to be made on 

 the dry clover dried at 212°. 



There are one or two discrepancies in the results which I do 

 not pretend to be able to explain ; for instance, the clover on 

 the plot which was mown on the 30th of June contained 61 

 per cent, of crude woody fibre, and the plot which was 

 mown on the 23rd of June about 7 per cent. more. Having 

 obtained the anomalous result, I am bound honestly to state the 

 result, and must not attempt to make corrections or shape 

 the scheme so as to agree well with the rest. 



On the whole, however, it is clearly seen that by allowing 

 clover-hay to get overripe it diminishes in quantity, and gets 

 more woody and less nutritious the longer it is kept on the 

 land. 



Laboratory, 11, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, E.C. 

 Februai^, 1867. 



III. — Rinderpest Precautions and Memedies. 



SiE, — The following are the Cattle Plague notes, which were 

 made, according to your request, in the course of my last summer's 

 ramble among English herds. First, then, as regards precautions 

 against the disease. As soon as it broke out in Sussex, Mr. 

 Dumbrell, of Ditchling, who had upwards of a hundred Alderneys 

 in milk, commenced washing them all over every morning with 

 a weak solution of chloride of lime before they were put out to 

 graze ; the same disinfectant was kept standing in earthen 

 vessels behind the stalls ; the feeding-troughs and the drains were 



