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Twent}- pounds of soft bromc gi'ass (Bi'omus twdlis). 



Twelve pounds herds grass (Phletcm pratense). 



Nine pounds red fescue (Festuca riibrci). 



Eight jjounds fowl meadow grass {Foa serotina). 



Seven pounds Rhode Island bent (Agrostis alba). 



Six pounds orchard grass {Dactylis glomerata). 



Five pounds crested dog-tail {Cynosurus cristatus). 



Four pounds meadow soft grass (ffolcus lanatus). 



Two pounds sweet-scented vernal grass {Anihoxajiihtini odornlum). 



1889. — From four to live ])ound,s of ulsike clover per 

 acre were added by ])roiid(.'a.st seeding early in the succeed- 

 inir spring (1889). 



Tlie seed came u]) well, and suffered Init here and there in 

 wet spots during the first winter. Barren spots were 

 reseeded. 



Both meadows were cut hut once during the tirst sununer 

 season, somewhat later than usual ; the majority of grasses 

 did not, as might ])e expected, head out. 



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

 manuring was planned, which Avould illustrate the com[)ara- 

 tive manurial eftect of top-dressing, as folh)ws : — 



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 sulxlivided into three plats, I., II., 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 lY. and V. during Sep- 

 teml^er, 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 held) is equal to 1.92 acres. 

 It was top-dressed during the fall and early spring M'ith 

 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 l)arn- 

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



