APPENDIX I 

 Lucerne 



Lucerne must play such a very important part 

 in the full development of our agriculture that this 

 appendix is added to show in detail the great 

 advantages which this crop possesses. Providing 

 the land is properly prepared, lucerne can be 

 grown on almost any well-drained soil. Practically 

 all the land south of the middle of Yorkshire and 

 east of a central line drawn down the middle of 

 England is well suited for growing lucerne, and 

 there is also suitable land outside that area. The 

 three essentials are : — 



{a) That the land shall be well drained, for 



lucerne does not like wet feet. 

 {b) That the land shall be thoroughly clean 



when the lucerne is sown. 



{c) That there shall be a sufficiency of lime. 



This can be usually given, where the land 



is otherwise deficient, by a dressing of one 



ton of ground lime to the acre. 



In most English soils the bacteria necessary for 



the growth of lucerne exist. Where they do not, 



scattering a few loads of soil from an old field of 



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