ni Mr, Livingjlon s Experimenti on Lucerne. 



no hopes of faving it, but by cutting down its too powerful 

 rival ; I moved a fmall part, but fo much againft the inclination 

 of my overfeer, who wiflied to fee whether it would be as 

 productive in grain as in haulm ; in which I own alfo my own 

 curiofity was very much interefled ; I accordingly let four-fifths 

 of the piece take its chance, and the lucerne continued as well 

 as it was able with its umbrageous inmate. Where the buck 

 wheat had been cut, the lucerne at firft languifhed, from being 

 fo fuddeniy^expofed to a hot fun ; but, as the buck-wheat rofe 

 again, the lucerne fprung with it, and neither much out-topping 

 the other, the firft recovered its looks, and promifes very well. 

 Where the buck- wheat was left to ripen, as the whole lodged, 

 the lucerne, if not abfolutely dead, is at leaft fo very fickly, 

 that I dare not promife myfeif much return from this 

 experiment. 



EXPENCE OF EXPERIMENT, NO. 5. 



18 lb. feed, at 146? i 10... 



Sowing and harrowing, ....026 

 6 bufhels gypfum, and fpreading, .170 



L. 2 10 



EXPERIMENT, NO. 6. 



PLOUGHED one-third of an acre of oats-ft ubble, mentioned 

 in Experiment No. 4 j fowed ift Auguft with turnip-feed 

 and 5 lbs. of lucerne, being all I had left ; the turnips too 

 fmall to gather, the lucerne came up well, confidering the 



