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EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



The past season in this part of Massachusetts was in general 

 favorable to a large yield of hay at the first cutting, but the 

 rowen crop was in most fields much smaller than usual, on ac- 

 count of the deficiency of rainfall during the latter part of July 

 and August. It will be noted, however, that the yields in this 

 field during the past season were considerably under the general 

 average for the entire period of the experiment. The results 

 for each of the systems of manuring is shown in the table : — 



The average for the entire area this year was 5,005 pounds. 

 The average from 1893 to 1906, inclusive, was 6,389 pounds 

 of well-dried hay per acre annually. The average to date, in- 

 cluding the crop of the past season, is 6,296 pounds. A com- 

 parison of the average yield throughout the entire period for 

 each of the several systems of manuring will be of interest. 

 These averages are as follows : — 



Pounds per Acre. 



When top-dressed with manure, ..... 6,525 

 When top-dressed with wood ashes, .... 5,965 

 When top-dressed with bone and muriate, . . . 0,284 



In each of plots 1 and 2 two different mixtures of grass seeds 

 are under comparison on equal areas. One of the mixtures in 

 each plot is the usual farmer's mixture of timothy, redtop and 

 clovers. The other mixture contains a considerable variety 

 of seeds, but tall and meadow fescues are the predominating 

 species. These plots were seeded in 1902. During the first 

 few years the timothy mixture gave the larger yields. During 

 the past season the fescue mixture has given the larger total 

 yields on both plots. The differences, however, are not large. 



