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country wherever similar experiments have been tried. The 

 " Morocco " was, however, but slightly inferior to it, while the 

 White-flowering (Dutch) was the worst. This last-named 

 variety, as expected, gave the most straw, but the percentage 

 of oil in the seed was lower than in any of the others. 



Soya Bean. 



For the third year in succession the attempt was made to 

 grow Soya bean. The seed was sown on April 29, 1914, the 

 plant appearing on May 21, but, though it grew quite well, it 

 only succeeded in producing a few insignificant pods. It 

 must, therefoi'e, be concluded that this plant is quite unsuited 

 for our English climate. 



GRASS EXPERIMENTS.— 5/? C»^i?j/^^jr>^ 1914. 



(a) Improvement of Old Pasture. 



(J) Varieties of Lime. 



(c) Different Forms of Lime. 



As Broadmead was grazed in 1914, there is nothing to 

 record except such differences as clearly showed themselves in 

 the appearances of the several plots : — 



(a) Improvement of Old Pasture. 

 The manurial applications had been last made in spring, 

 1913, and were not now repeated. The most striking plot was 

 plot 5 on which lime had been used at intervals, the last 

 ap|)lication being in 1909, superphosphate and sulphate of 

 potash being given in 1913. This plot was the greenest, the 

 most level, the finest, and the best eaten plot of all. As a 

 contrast to it, the farmyard manure plot (6) was much the 

 roughest, and was most neglected by stock, even to a greater 

 extent than the unmai:iured one. Sulphate of potash used 

 with either superphosphate or basic slag much improved the 

 pasture, and between the two forms of phosphate there was 

 little to choose. 



(h) Varieties of Lime. 



The last applications were in 1910. The chalk lime plot 

 (2) had the best appearance, and then the Buxton lime (plot 1); 

 lias lime came next, though oolite lime was good also. The 

 worst looking plots were those where magnesian lime had been 

 used or no treatment given. 



(c) Different forms of Lime. 



It is still early for the applications (made in spring 1913) 

 to tell, but, at the present time, if any plots were selected for 

 choice these would be plots 4 and 5, where ground limestone 



