Contents. xxxi. 



Experiments of the Cambridge University Department of Agricul- 

 ture at Abbotsley with Permanent Pasture on poor clay soil ... 169 

 Success of the Clifton Park System ia growing Potatoes without 



manure , 171 



Turnips grown without manure 171 



Causes of young pastures failing 172 



Mixture of drought-resisting plants for bare rocky surfaces 173 



Importance of drov^ght-resisting plants l74 



How most cheaply to re-seed pastures I. 174 



The grazing of pastures *. ... 175 



Aftermath must be lightly grazed 175 



Effects of haying land the first year 175 



Importance of rolling land 176 



Effects of the System in preventing loss from wash 176 



Moss, Important result in Outer Kaimrig 177 



Moss, Letting up fogged-up, or mossed-up, hill pastures 177 



Safety of the system as regards hay and pasture 177 



Effects of the system in abolishing weeds 178 



Comparison of the results of the new system with those of an 



adjacent farm 178 



Grass innoculation 178 



Success of the system as regards crops, stock and cultivation ... 179 



Effect of system after ploughing the second turf 179 



Filling up vacant spots in first year's grass 180 



Success of the system as regards turnip disease 181 



Advantages of deep-rooting plants ... 182 



Bew ponds 183 



Manures used for turnips at CUfton-on-Bowmont 184 



Why land on my system increases in fertility 184 



Decomposition of vegetable matter .. 185 



On the quantity of clover seed that should be used 186 



The downward penetration of Chicory and Burnet 187 



Experiments with different varieties of chicory 188 



Importance of laying down foul land at two operations 190 



The agreement of plants and trees in nature 190 



The excessive use of rye-gxass 191 



General success of the system 193 



Financial results 195 



Professor Barnes' communication 198 



Th^ purchase of grass seeds 199 



Comparison between turf from old pasture and that from deep- 

 rooting plants 199 



The mixing and sowing of grass-seeds at Clifton-on-Bowmont ... 200 



The work of the Board of Agriculture 200 



Concluding remarks 202 



