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were accordingly both laid down in 1890 with a thin 

 seeding of oats. The poorest of the two, the Inner 

 Kaimrig, a field of 25 acres, was sown as follows : — 



Total, 35^ lb. per acre. 



The adjacent field, the Outer Kaimrig, 22 acres, I resolved 

 to experiment on, and the mixture used was as follows : — 



Total, 39 lb. per acre. 



Both fields were grazed with sheep. The 25-acre 

 field sown showed great signs of inferiority to the 

 22-acre field sown up with the addition of the deep- 

 rooting plants, and so much so that, after a three 

 years' trial in grass, I resolved to plough it up, and 

 lay down again with a considerable proportion of 

 deep-rooting plants, of which, in the meanwhile, from 

 introducing them on other land in my occupation, I 

 had formed a most favourable opinion. The Inner 

 Kaimrig field was accordingly ploughed up at the end 

 of 1893, when it was found, mainly, I believe, from 



