Appendix I 



Table XXV. 



Per acre. 



£ s. d. 

 Cost of preliminary ploughing and 



working tie 



Lime loo 



Seed iio 



4 subsequent dressings of Basic a I izs. 2 8 o 



Rent and rates for 7 years at ;^i . . 700 



6 autumn horse hoeings . . . . i 10 o 



Total .... ^13 10 o 



The yield at 17^ tons to the acre over the 

 period of seven years would be 122^ tons = 

 2450 cwt. 



This works out at about \\d. per cwt., and 

 the nutritive value is also higher than grass. 



Lucerne is good food not only for cows but for all 

 stock. Farmers very generally know its value for 

 horses and calves. But it is also most valuable 

 for feeding sheep, and there are successful sheep 

 breeders who summer their pedigree rams on 

 lucerne before sending them to the September 

 market. And in some of the western states of 

 America pigs are fed entirely upon lucerne during 

 the summer, and it affords by far the cheapest 

 form of pig food that can be obtained. 



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