Mr, LivingJloh*s Experiinents on LiLcerne. 87 



EXPERIMENT — NO. 4 — onc acrc, 1794. 



Soil as above, but poorer — ^fown this fpring with vetches, 

 they were cut 20th July, for hay — ploughed immediately after, 

 and put in i81b. lucerne feed; it came up very thick, and 

 maintains a healthy colour, though the ground is very full of 

 weeds ; this gives me no uneafmefs as they are annuals, and 

 the feafon too far advanced to permit them to ripen their 

 feeds ; they will only ferve to proted the lucerne againft the 

 cold of the enfuing winter*. 



EXPERIMENT NO. C. 



Half an acre of my laft year lucerne (landing very thin, F 

 ploughed it up this year, and firft July, fowed it with 81b. of 

 lucerne feed and a fmall quantity of turnip feed, having 

 previoufly manured the ground with ftable-dung — this, with 

 a very wet feafon, has brought up fo many weeds as to injure 

 the lucerne by overlhadoviring it, tho* it came up very vigoroufly 

 —on the 20th Aug. mowed the weeds and turnip tops, which 

 were very large, not however mowing very clofe. The lucerne 

 at this time, ift Od. tho' very full of weeds,-, has a fme healthy 

 appearance, and I have no doubt of its doing very well ; the 

 turnips do not appear to have been injured by the mowing. . 



EXPERIMENT^ NO. 6. 



5oil as above — ift May, planted three-fourths of an acre, 

 mth early potatoes, the beginning of the ifl Aug. took them*. 



