SEASON AND PIIK HAY ClJOl 



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the rainfoll and temperature. Tlm.s the year MIO-J witli fre- 

 quent Hght rains was especially favoura])le to the ^Towth of 

 the shallow-rooted Lathyrus, and other leguminous plants, ilit« 

 proportion of which was doubled or more on some of the plots. 

 The Table LXIIT. shows the monthly rainfalls for the seasons 



Table LXIII. — Rothamsted Park Hay. Seasons of hifihrsf tmd /oin-.tl 

 Yields compared with Monthly Raivfall. 



giving the highest and the lowest yields on the completely 

 manured Plot 9, also the corresponding yields on Plot 14, 

 which receives an equivakmt amount of nitrate of soda 

 instead of the ammonium-salts on Plot 1». Although in a 

 general way it can be seen that a wet late .spring is on tin- 



