B6 Mr. Livingjlon^s Experwunis on Lucerne'. 



This barley was but tolerable, yielding about 20 bufhels 

 to the acre. The lucerne is far from anfwering my expectation ; 

 it is thin and in patches ; the rains which prevail this fummer 

 have filled the ground with clover, fo that I expefl next year 

 to cut more clover than lucerne from this ground. 



EXPEIMENT, NO. 2. 



The adjoining acre was fown with lucerne alone without 

 barJey. It looks at prefent exadly as that fown with the 

 barley, neither promifmg much as a lucerne crop. I fhould 

 obferve that thefe plants came up very thick and well, but 

 foon changed their colour in fpots to yellow, and died away, 

 except where the ground was rich. 



EXPERIMENT. NO. 3. 



Ploughed up ^ of an acre that had been in potatoes lafl 

 year, foil as above : dung was put in the rows when the 

 potatoes were planted at the rate of 40 loads to an acre. 



ill May, fowed with barley and 12 lb. of lucerne-feed ; 

 the barley good, but much injured by the poultry, being near 

 my houfe. The lucerne a very fine and promifmg crop, cut 

 the laft of September, about half a ton to the acre. This 

 experiment is important, fince it proves that if lucerne is fown 

 in the fpring, it fliould be on ground in good health, and 

 warmed with dung. I have no doubt of cutting 4 or 5 tons 

 of hay next year from this fpot. 



