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Twenty pounds of soft brome grass (Bromus mollis). 



Twelve pounds herds grass (Phleum pratense). 



Nine pounds red fescue (Fesliica rubra). 



Eight pounds fowl meadow grass (Poa serotina). 



Seven pounds Rhode Island bent (Agrostis alba). 



Six pounds orchard grass (Dactylis glomerala). 



Five pounds crested dog-tail (Cynosurus cristatus). 



Four pounds meadow soft grass (ffolcus lanatus). 



Two ]>ounds sweet-scented vernal grass (Anthoxanlhum odoratum). 



1889. — From four to five pounds of alsike clover per 

 acre were added by broadcast seeding early in the succeed- 

 ing spring (1889). 



The seed came up well, and suffered but here and there in 

 wet spots during the first winter. Barren spots were 

 reseeded. 



Both meadows were cut but once during the first summer 

 season, somewhat later than usual ; the majority of grasses 

 did not, as might be expected, head out. 



As soon as the first crop of hay was secured, a system of 

 manuring was planned, which would illustrate the compara- 

 tive manurial effect of top-dressing, as follows : — 



By barn-yard manure. 



By ground bones and muriate of potash. 



By unleached wood ashes. 



The northern meadow, consisting of six and one-half 

 acres, was subdivided into three plats, I., 11., III., running 

 from east to west, leaving a space of twenty feet in width 

 between them without any manurial matter. 



The southern meadow was divided into two plats, IV., V. 

 (south end). Plats I., II., III. were sown down in grass 

 during September, 1887, and plats IV. and V. during Sep- 

 tember, 1888. The subsequent stated system of manuring 

 began in the autumn of 1888, on all plats at the same time. 



Plat I. (north end of the field) is equal to 1.92 acres. 

 It was top-dressed during the fall and early spring with 

 barn-yard manure, at the rate of eighteen tons per acre 

 (1888-89). 



Plat II. covers a similar area to Plat I. (83,640 square 

 feet). It received at the same time a top-dressing of barn- 

 yard manure, at the rate of eight tons per acre (1888). 



