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EXPERIMENTS and OBSERVATIONS 



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LUCERNE: 



Br THE Hon. R B E R T R. LIVINGSTON, 



PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION. 



EXPERIMEN T— N^ I. " 



APRIL 20, 1 79 1. — Mixed 2 lbs. of lucerne with 2 lbs. of 

 clover feed, fowed them with oats on ^ of an acre of 

 ground, the foil fand to the depth of 14 feet, but in good order, 

 having been the two preceding years in potatoes with dung. — 

 6th April, 1792. — Spread two bufhels of gypfum. — May 25. 

 — The clover very luxuriant ; the lucerne, though of fuperior 

 height, branches fo little, and is fo comprefTed by the clover, 

 as hardly to attract attention. About the middle of June, 

 cut the grafs produdl in dry hay, a large load for two oxen, 

 or fomewhat more than half a ton. — Auguil 8. Cut afecond 

 crop, about 5 cwt. The fummer having proved very dry, 



and the foil being naturally fo, the clover did not rife fufficiently 



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