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Seeding of Sainfoin and Lucerne. 



owing to the drills being so narrow that the seeds were nearly 

 as much scattered as where they were broadcasted. 



At the end of December, 1897, three cross-plots, each \ acre 

 in area, were marked off and manured as follows : — Cross- 

 plot 1 (at the end farthest from the hedge, no manure ; 

 Cross-plot 2, three cwt. kainit per acre ; Cross-plot 3, 

 three cwt. kainit and three cwt. superphosphate per acre ; 

 Cross plot 4, one cwt. bone compound. 



The results of the experiments at Shillingstone are shown 

 in the following Table : — 



Plot 



Seeds per Acre. 



Cost of 

 Seeds 

 per Acre. 







Weight of Herbag 



-(g 



reen)per A 



ere 







Cross-plot 1. 



Cro 



58-pI 



3t 2 



Cross-plot 3. 



Cro 



ss-plot 4. 



I 



30 lb. Lucerne 



£ 



s. 



d. 



tons cwt 



lb. 



tons 



cwt. 



lb. 



tons cwt. lb. 



tons 



cwt. 



lb. 





(broadcast) - 



1 



5 



0 



O 



12 



96 



O 



19 



32 



I 



5 80 



O 



iS 



24 



2 



20lb. Lucerne 

































(drilled) - 



0 



16 



8 



O 



15 



O 



O 



15 



O 



O 



18 24 



0 



12 



96 



3 



*4olb. Lucerne Mix- 

































ture (broadcast) - 



1 



1 



0 



I 



I I 



8 



I 



II 



8 



I 



10 0 



I 



5 



80 



4 



95 lb. Sainfoin in 

































the husk (broadcast) 



1 



11 



8 



I 



16 



48 



I 



14 



32 



1 



1 48 



1 



5 



8 



5 



7olb. Sainfoin in 

































the husk (drilled) 



1 



3 



4 



I 



12 



16 



I 



12 



16 



I 



10 0 



O 



19 



56 



6 



t581b. Sainfoin Mix- 

































ture (broadcast) - 



1 



2 



6 



2 



12 



56 



2 



2 



96 



2 



7 16 



I 



16 



48 



* The lucerne mixture was iolb. lucerne, iolb. sainfoin in the husk, 2lb. cocksfoot, 

 2lb. Timothy, 2lb. tall fescue, lib. trefoil, 2lb. alsike, lib. cowgrass, and iolb. 

 perennial ryegrass. 



t The sainfoin mixture was 351b. sainfoin in the husk, 31b. lucerne, 2lb. cocksfoot, 

 2lb. Timothy, 2lb. tall fescue, lib. trefoil, 2lb. alsike, lib. cowgrass, and iolb. 

 perennial ryegrass. Old English common sainfoin has been sown, as this stands much, 

 longer than giant sainfoin. The rest of the field has been sown with common sainfoin. 



The results show that in the first year, both with lucerne 

 and sainfoin, considerably heavier crops are got by sowing 

 grasses and clovers with these plants than by sowing them 

 by themselves. 



The following notes were made on the plots on May 27th, 

 1898:— 



The lucerne on plots 1 and 2 was a poor plant and very 

 thin at bottom, especially where no manure had been applied ; 



