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average to date is 0,597 pounds. The average yield when 

 top-dressed with manure has been 6,827 pounds ; when top- 

 dressed with wood ashes, 6,427 pounds; when top-dressed 

 with bone and potash, 6,562 pounds. The average yields 

 for this year, as will be seen, are much above the general 

 average to date. 



Old and JSfeiv Seeding compared. 



As has been stated, the yield on the part of the land 

 reseeded last summer was very exceptionally heavy. The 

 advantage of reseeding is made evident by comparison of 

 the yields on that portion of plots 1 and 2 not reseeded with 

 the yield on the portion which was reseeded. These com- 

 parisons are shown by the following table : — 



Yield per acke (Pounds). 



Hay. 



Rowen. 



Totals. 



Plot 1, wood ashes : — 

 Not reseeded, . . . . 

 Reseeded portion, 



Plot 2, barnyard manure : 



Not reseeded 



Reseeded portion, 



4,305.0 

 5,629.5 



3,966.0 

 6,845.5 



1,938.0 

 2,917.0 



1,676.0 

 3,157.5 



6,243.0 

 8,546.5 



5,642.0 

 10,003.0 



The yields obtained on the reseeded portion, amounting to 

 rather over 4| tons on one plot and to almost exactly 5 tons 

 on the other, are certainly exceedingly satisfactory. 



TJie Seed soivn. 

 An effort is being made to render the results of the experi- 

 ments on this land more valuable by comparing two different 

 mixtures of grass seeds. As the result of experience, it has 

 been found that on this land, under the system* of manuring 

 followed, timothy, and to a lesser degree red-top, tend to 

 die out, and are replaced to a considerable extent by Ken- 

 tucky blue-grass, — a species far less valuable for mowings. 

 Tall and meadow fescue will, it is believed, prove more per- 

 sistent, and it is hoped ih^y may be able to hold the gi'ound 



