228 Experiments on Seeding of Pastures. Dulv, 



grouped in three classes ; (i) the clovers, intended chiefly to 

 enrich the land with stores of nitrogenous compounds, and to 

 bring it to a higher grade of fertility ; (2) the top grasses, which 

 have the power of striking root deep into the land, and of 

 sending up large leaves into the air — among these are included 

 Italian rye-grass, timothy, meadow fescue, tall fescue, cock's-foot, 

 tall oat-grass ; and (3) the sole or bottom grasses, which play 

 the subordinate part of stop-gap, filling up with their small 

 leaves the blank spaces between and below the top grasses. 

 With their shallow roots they exploit and utilise the surface soil, 

 but the soil depths are quite beyond their reach. These were 

 represented in these experiments by perennial rye-grass. 



The mixtures tested, which are described in the Table below, 

 were divided into four classes ; in one class, rye-grasses were used, 

 not only in excess but in very large excess ; a second class of 

 mixtures were without rye-grass ; a third class were well-balanced 

 all-round mixtures ; and in the fourth class each mixture contained 

 ■one special ingredient in excess, viz., No. 7, Italian rye-grass ; 

 No. 8, Timothy ; No. 9, cock's-foot ; and No. 10, meadow fescue. 



Name of Plant. 



Rye-grass 

 Mixtures. 



Mixtures j 

 without Rye- 

 grass. 



Normal Mixtures. 



Special Mixtures. 



No. of Mixture. 



I 



1 



2 1 



5 



II 



12 



14 



3 



4 



6 



13 



7 



8 



9 



10 













of each seed 





















per acre 





111 J.XJL111V.IO 







Red clover... 



2-3 



2-3 



2-3 



2-3 



2-3 



2-3 



2-3 



i-8 





2-3 



2-3 



2-3 



2-3 



2'3 



Alsyke clover 



i'4 



1 '4 



1-4 



1 '4 



1 '4 



i-4 



i-4 



i*i 



2 - I 



1 '4 



1 "4 



1 "4 



i'4 



i*4 



White clover 



1*2 



V2 



I "2 



r*2 



1'2 



I '2 



I "2 



I'O 



i-8 



1*2 



1-2 



V2 



1*2 



r*2 



Kidney vetch 































Italian rye- 































grass 





I9-25 



2-8 









5'5 



4' 4 



5*5 



5-6 





S'S 



5*5 



S'S 



Timothy 







2'I 



5*2 



3-i 



2"I 



2" I 



17 



2'I 



2'I 



I'O 



4*2 



1 -o 



I'O 



Meadow 































fescue 







2-8 



14 



11*2 



5-6 



8-4 



67 



8-4 



5-6 



5-6 



5-6 



5-6 



•14 



Tall fescue... 











4-0 



4-0 









4-0 











Cock's-foot... 







17 



6-6 



5'i 



3*3 



33 



2-6 



3*3 



P 



3 '3 



17 



6-6 



17 



Tall oat-grass 











60 



3-0 









&o 











Perennial rye- 































grass 



42 



21 



27 









15 



12 



15 



6 



15 



15 



15 



15 



Chicory 













1*2 

















Burnet 































Average yield ) 

 of hay for j 

 (10 farms), )■ 

 first year j 

 cwt. J 



46 





47 



m 



42! 



42^ 



46! 



47? 



42^ 



4ii 



4J| 



4of 



4i 



42 



