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maintained but added to without the aid of 

 farm-yard manure, and if, as is shown, the crops 

 of hay on such land are quadrupled by the aid of 

 purchased fertilisers, then it follows that the 

 larger quantity of hay correspondingly increases 

 the size of the heaps of farm manure. If a 

 pasture is judiciously manured and well man- 

 aged, then the better grasses will predominate." 



In the Journal of the Department of Agri- 

 culture (Ireland), dated January, 1909, it is 

 stated that as a result of their seven years' 

 observations on a variety of soils : 



' The heaviest yield of hay and the greatest 

 profit have been obtained from the plot receiving 

 the complete manurial dressing." 



It should be borne in mind that the profit 

 realised from the hay is only part of the yearly 

 profit, in fact only from less than six months' 

 growth, therefore by far the smallest part of 

 the profit. The increased weight of hay is of 

 less value than the improvement in the character 

 of the herbage and the permanently increased 

 value of the aftermath and pasturage. Accord- 

 ing to Sir R. P. Wright, till recently Principal 

 of the West of Scotland Agricultural College, as 

 a result of careful observation, the increased hay 

 crop from suitable manures " was over 30 per 

 cent., whereas in the aftermath of the same plots 

 there was an increase of 39 per cent." 



If the land is deficient in lime it will be greatly 

 benefited by a dressing, as previously indicated, 

 every fourth or fifth year. 



Whenever fertilisers are applied to meadows it 



