Mr. LivingJlon*s Experiments on Lucerne. ^j 



quantity of feed, which was much too fmall, the only object 

 of this experiment was to fee whether fowing upon (lubble 

 would forward the plant more than a fpring feeding. Next 

 year will anfwer this enquiry. 



EXPERIMENT, NO. 7, I793. 



BROKE up the middle of May a fmall ftrip of ground next 

 to the lucerne of Experiment No. i. Raked fine and put in 

 I lb. lucerne-feed alone. This came forward fo fall as to flower, 

 and many plants, had they not have been cut, would have 

 probably perfeded their feed. 



The general refult of thefe experiments, in which I have 

 employed 230 lb. of feed, and expended Z. 34 6 10, cannot 

 be abfolutely pronounced upon till the next year. No. i will 

 doubtlefs pay me the enfuing feafon, what it has done this, 

 as it contains no marks of deterioration, to wit : L. 't^^ after 

 deducling all expences for one quarter of an acre, or Z. 12 per 

 acre clear profit. — No. 2 may poffibly pay its expences in 

 good pafture next year, as the lucerne and clover are ftill 

 alive, though not promifmg. — ^No. 3 is totally loft. — No. 4 

 looks fo well, that I can hardly doubt that it will yield as 

 much as my firft experiment did, that is about three tons of 

 hay an acre the firft year, and proportionably afterwards ; nor 

 am I quite out of hopes of No. 5. — It r.nght rih^^ns have 



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