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were respectively as stated in the first paper : for the tim- 

 othy mixture, a yield in two cnts at the rate of about 5 tons 

 to the acre; for the fescue mixture, also in two cuts, a yield 

 at the rate of about 414 tons per acre. Commenting on 

 these results in the first article, I said: " The timothy mix- 

 ture is in the first year plainly superior to the other, l)ut it 

 is expected that the fescue mixture will maintain its quality 

 better." The yields during the last season seem so far to 

 have justified this expectation. The average yield on the 

 area sown to the timothy mixture in two cuts amounted 

 during 1904 to 4 tons per acre. The average yield on the 

 area sown to the fescue mixture is a very little greater than 

 that amount. The first of the two mixtures of seed under 

 comparison seems certain to prove most satisfactory where 

 mowings are frequently broken up, but for more permanent 

 mowings the second seems certain to prove superior on all 

 the stronger and more retentive soils. A mixture adapted 

 for permanent mowings on light soils was given in the first 

 paper. 



Other mixtures which may be valuable under the condi- 

 tions indicated are the following: — 



For two or three years' mowings on medium soils, per acre : — 



Pounds. 



Orchard grass, ........ 14 



Tall oat grass, 6 



Italian rye grass, ....... 4 



Meadow fescue, . . . . . . . .6 



Red clover, 6 



Alsike clover, 2 



For permanent mowings on medium soils, per acre : — 



Pounda. 



Orchard grass, ........ 8 



Italian rye grass, ....... 3 



Yellow oat grass, . 4 



Meadow fescue, 5 



Tall fescue, 5 



Red clovei', 5 



Alsike clover, 4 



