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temperatures had ruled higher than the average, both day 

 and night, especially the latter, and the already backward 

 herbage was very materially damaged, yielding not only 

 checked and stunted, but reallv damaged crops. 



It has already been shown how greatly both the botanical 

 and the chemical composition of mixed herbage vary accord- 

 ing to the description of manure applied ; and the foregoing 

 typical illustrations of the effects of the varying climatic 

 conditions of different seasons clearly indicate how different, 

 both botanically and chemically, will be the character 

 of the produce dependent on the character of the sea- 

 sons. In fact, a given quantity of gross produce of the 

 mixed herbage may be one thing in one season and quite 

 another in another season, both as to the proportion of the 

 different species composing it and as to their condition of 

 development and maturity. 



