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Moss : Important result in Outer Kaimrig ... ... 149 



Grass inoculation ... ... ... ... ... 149 



Success of the system as regards crops, stock, and culti- 

 vation ... ... ... ... ,.. ... 150 



Effect of system after ploughing the second turf ... ... 150 



Safety of the system as regards hay and pasture .. . .. 151 



Decomposition of vegetable matter more rapid on warm 



slopes ... ... ... ... ... ... 151 



Manures used for turnips at Clifton-on-Bowmont... ... 152 



Difference between five-course rotation and that on my 



farm ... ... ... ... ... ... 152 



Comparison of the results of the new system at Clifton-on- 



Bowmont with those of an adjacent farm ... ... 152 



Success of the system as regards turnip disease ... ... 153 



Land increases in fertility even though a breeding stock is 



kept ... ... ... ... ... ... 154 



Advantages of deep-rooting plants ... ... ... 154 



The downward penetration of chicory and burnot ... 155 



Effects of ryegrass ... ... ... .. ... 157 



General success of the system ... ... ... ... 159 



Financial results ... ... ... ... 161 



The cheapest mixtures of grass seeds ... ... ... 162 



The work of the Board of Agriculture ... ... ... 165 



Concluding remarks ... ... ... ... ... 167 



Appendix IV. — Note by Dr. Voelcker on comparison of the soils 



of old Cheviot turf and five-year-old pasture ... ... 169 



Second note by Dr. Voelcker on the composition and 



character of the soil of the Bankfield ... ... 170 



Appendix V. — Shelters ... ... ... ... .. 173 



Hop shelters or "lews" in East Kent ... ... ... 174 



Appendix VI. — Suggested changes of farming system : — Paper 

 read at a meeting of Border Union Agricultural 



Society, October, 1902 ... ... ... ... 177 



Appendix VII. — The clover mystery; a. probable solution of 

 it : — Paper read at the meeting of the British Associa- 

 tion for the advancement of science, at Cambridge, 



August 19, 1904 ... ... ... ... 187 



Postscript to paper read at the meeting of the British 



Association at Cambridge, 1904 ... ... ... 196 



