of Manures Applied to Pasture. ii 



Hampshire. (Table V.) The field, which is 200-300 feet above 

 sea level, is fairly steep, and slopes to the south-east. Each 

 plot runs from the bottom of the field to the top, and all are 

 alike as regards shelter. In the upper part of the field the chalk 

 is covered with the usual sticky red clay, containing numerous 

 flints, while across the middle of the field the chalk comes 

 within two or three inches of the surface. In the lower part 

 of the ground the chalk is obscured by loamy soil mixed with 

 flints. Each plot contains an equal proportion of these three 

 kinds of soil. The supply of the manures was undertaken by 

 the Agricultural Department of the University of Cambridge, 

 which also made all analyses, both chemical and botanical, 

 except where otherwise stated. Samples of soil were taken 

 in the first year from all the plots, and showed the average 

 results stated in Table I. 



The nitrogen, it will be observed, is practically the same in 

 amount as at Cockle Park, as also is the total potash, though 

 the " available" potash is little more than half as great. 

 Both the total and "available" phosphoric acid (as deter- 

 mined by Dyer's method) are more than twice as abundant 

 as at the Northumberland station, while lime, as was to be 

 expected on soil derived from chalk, is four times as plentiful. 

 At the commencement of the experiment the land had been 

 under grass for eight years. The herbage was of an entirely 

 different character from that at Cockle Park, as will be seen 

 from the following statement of a few of the leading plants 

 on Plot 6 (un manured throughout) at both stations : — 





Cockle Park. 



Sevington. j Cransley. 



Agrostis ... 



Cynosurus cristatus ... ... ... ... 



Dactylis glomerata 



Lolium perenne ... ... 



Medicago lupulina ... ... ... ... 



9 years average weight of hay (cwt. per acre) 

 Do. live-weight increase (lb. per acre) ... 



Per cent. 



66 



O'l 



12-4 

 0 



Si 



37 



Per cent. j Per cent. 

 0-9 i;8 

 98 394 



24 2"0 



15*6 icro 

 33 '6 3'4 



19J 6|* 



106 44* 



* Eight years at Cransley. 



Although accounted a poor pasture, this Sevington land 

 is naturally far superior to that at Cockle Park. The class 

 of plants is much better, while the yield of hay and production 



