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FORAGE CROPS IN DENMARK 



into three parts. Each of these parts has 54 rows, viz. two 

 rows for each of 20 samples and 14 screening rows. Each 

 sample is sown in each part of each quarter, or on 12 plots, but 

 in a different place in each part. Each row is 12 m. (13 yards) 

 long, 



SKETCH OF PART OF FIELD G 9 AT ASKOV EXPERIMENTAL STATION, 



SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF 20 SAMPLES OF MANGELS GROWN IN 1919. 



The fields on which the roots are grown enter in the ordinary 

 rotation of crops on the station. At harvest time the roots in 

 screening rows, both lengthwise and crosswise, are thrown aside. 

 The roots of the rows included in the experiment are then dealt 

 with. The number of gaps in the row, and of plants run to 



