The Wohurn Field Experiments^ 1914. 303 



Although for the past two years the yield of Lucerne had 

 been better on the portion sown without a crop, this difference 

 has now disappeared. As in 1912 and 1913, the highest yield 

 was obtained with the Russian (Europe) variety, the Canadian 

 coming next, and the Provence being but slightly inferior. 

 The American (Arizona) and Turkestan vnrieties gave the 

 lowest produce, the Turkestan being decidedly the worst 

 of all. 



Inoculation of Leguminous Crops. 



The description of this experiment is given in the report for 

 1912 when the seeds were originally sown. The crop of 1914 

 was cut on August 4 and weighed green ; the results are given 

 in Table XL :— 



Table XL — Inoculation of Leguminous Crops. 



stackyard Field — Green Produce per acre, 1914 



In 1914, as in the previous year, no conclusion could be 

 drawn as to the value of the inoculation treatment, which, as 

 explained in 1912, was one of American origin. It would 

 appear that this must be classed, with many of its predecessors, 

 as a failure. 



Varieties of Linseed. — Gbeat Hill. 



Attention has been drawn of late to the revival of flax 

 growing in England, and, for the purpose of encouraging this, 

 an Association under the name "The British Flax and Hem)) 

 Growers' Society " has been formed. This Society carried out 

 in different jiarts of the country, during 1914, experiments on 

 the growing of linseed, and it was decided to take part in this 

 enquiry at Woburn. The seed was kindly supplied by the 

 afore-mentioned Association. The experiment at Woburn was 

 one purely on varieties, four different kinds bei g supplied, 

 and the trial was carried out on duplicate plots. 



It should be mentioned that, of the four varieties, the seed 

 of one, the "White-flowering" (Dutch), was subsequently found 

 to have been of inferior quality and germination, thereby 

 rendering the comparison of it with the othei- varieties hardly 

 a fair one, 



