358 EXPERIMENTS ON Part III. 



** The rains in 1756 did.no hurt to the plants, but they prevented 

 my cutting them at proper 'times. I had but four crops of hicerne 

 this year, being obliged to v/ait for an appearance of fine weather 

 to dry it in, before I could venture to cut it down. Thefe rains 

 likewife hindered my giving the proper hoeings to the alleys, which 

 were full of weeds during the fummer and autumn. I chofe rather 

 to leave them in that condition, than attempt to hoe them while 

 the ground was over wet : not doubting but the fpring hoeings 

 would eafiiy deflroy thofe weeds. 



" In 1755, I cut my lucerne five times : the firft was, on the 3d 



I of May, before any flowers appeared: the fecond, on the 12th of 

 June: the third, on the 15th of July : the fourth, on the 21ft of 

 Augufl; and the fifth, on the 7th of Odiober. I was obliged to 

 linilh the drying of this laft cutting, in barns and under cover. 



" In 1756, which was the fifth year of thefe plants, I cut them 

 but four tim.es: the firft, on the 3d of June j the fecond, on the 

 ifl of July: the third, on the 4th of Auguft; and the fourth, on 



' the 27th of September. 



A bed 250 feet long, with only one row of lucerne, 



pounds of dry hay. 



fin I' 



754 • • -225 



YieHed -^ lyss • • • ^97 

 [756 . . . 281 



In three years, 703 pounds. 



A bed of the fame Jength, with three rows of lucerne, 



{In 1754 . . . 169I 

 1755 . . . 180 > pounds of dry hay. 



1756 . . . 226J 



In three years, 575 pounds. 



Obferiiations, by M. de Chateau-vieux. 



■\I7E fee, by the above account of three years, that a piece of 



ground laid out in narrow beds, planted with only one row 



of lucerne, yielded a greater produce than the fame extent made 



. into wider beds, and planted with three rows. , ^ 



