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Yield of Hay in 1890 — Concluded. 



The total yield of hay on i)lats I., II. and III. averages 

 4.11) tons per acre. The total yield on Plat IV. averages 

 2.1)1 tons per acre. 



The weight of the second cut of hay (rowen) averages 

 about one-fourth of that of the firi^t cut. The dryness of 

 the season during the latter part of July affected seriously 

 the yield of the second cut. The wet season of 1889, as 

 compared with the dry season of ISDO, as well as the differ- 

 ence in the age of the two meadows, renders further com- 

 parison not advisable at this early stage of our investigation. 



1S91. — The same system of maiuiring the different plats 

 was adopted as in the preceding 3 ears ; some reduction, 



