Appendix I 



lucerne will provide them. Lucerne should be 

 sown early in May, drilled in rows about 8 ins. 

 apart. Seed (Danish and Provence are both 

 good) should be sown at the rate of 28 lbs. to 

 the acre. The lucerne field may be horse hoed 

 between the rows in autumn or early spring, when 

 it is advisable to keep the land clean. In the 

 first year when the lucerne is about 6 ins. high, it 

 should be scythed over to make it stronger. After 

 that it should be cut in such a way that never 

 more than half the crop is allowed to flower. 

 Three and sometimes four cuts a year will be 

 obtained. In the second year 2 cwt. of super 

 or 3 cwt. of basic slag to the acre should be 

 given. Nitrate of soda should never be used upon 

 it, and though a dressing of farmyard manure will 

 hasten the growth in the early spring it is not 

 necessary. If lucerne is properly handled it will 

 last in good condition for seven years, and on 

 ploughing up, the land will be so rich that a heavy 

 crop of mangolds or cabbages or some other gross 

 feeding crop can be taken without any top dressing, 

 and then a wheat crop, and after that perhaps even 

 a barley crop, before the nitrogen stored up in 

 the roots of the lucerne is exhausted. 



Lucerne makes excellent hay, but as a rule in 

 England it is allowed to dry too much in the 

 process of making, and in consequence the leaves 

 fall off. The best way to make lucerne hay is as 



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