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had disappeared, had it not been that in 1884 fresh seed was 
sown in some of the plots to fill up the bare places, the object of 
the experiments not having been clearly understood. As this to 
some extent vitiated the results, it was resolved to dig up all the 
plots and to resow them, using the same varieties of clover for 
the same plots, and using also the same manures in each plot. 
They were accordingly dug up in the end of the year, and will 
be resown in the spring. 
In considering the remarkable decrease in the yields of the 
two years, it should be remembered that, except in the few cases 
in which the seeds were added in 1884, no fresh plants were in- 
troduced into the plots. The plants that were produced from 
seed sown in 1882 gradually died out in the cases of the red 
clovers ; while in the others they, to some extent, died out, and 
in all these cases yielded a much smaller produce than in the 
first year. 
The effect on the life of the plant of permitting it to go to 
seed, or, on the other hand, of cutting it as soon as it came into 
flower, is shown in the following two tables, where the produce 
of each kind of clover for the two years is contrasted. 
Table VIII. — Produce of Each Half of the Seven Plots in 1883. 
The Half Cut when coming into Flower. 
The Half Cut when in Seed. 
Plot. 
Per Acre. 
Plot. 
Per Acre. 
Cwts. 
qrs. 
lbs. 
Tons. 
cwts. 
qrs. 
lbs. 
Cwts. 
qrs. 
lb--. 
Tons. 
cwts. 
qrs. 
lbs. 
Perennial Red, A. 
8 
1 
15 
9 
4 
1 
22 
4 
3 
19? 
5 
8 
1 
9 
Perennial Red, B. 
8 
2 
4 
9 
7 
3 
4 
6 
1 
201 
7 
1 
1 
251 
Cowgrass . . 
9 
2 
7 
10 
10 
1 
14 
6 
0 
271 
6 
17 
1 
17 
Alsike 
10 
1 
3 
11 
6 
0 
10 
7 
0 
151 
7 
16 
3 
271 
English Wliite .. 
6 
0 
13 
6 
14 
2 
6 
5 
2 
161 
6 
4 
0 
2U 
Dutch White .. 
6 
3 
25| 
7 
13 
2 
6J 
5 
3 
6 
6 
7 
2 
20 
Table IX. — Produce of Each Half of the Seven Plots in 1885. 
The Half Cut when coming into Flower. 
Plot. 
Per Acre. 
Plot. 
Per Acre. 
Cwts. 
qrs. 
lbs. 
Tons. 
cwte. 
qrs. 
lbs. 
Cwts. 
qrs. 
lbs. 
Tons. 
cwts. 
qrs. 
lbs. 
Perennial Red, A. 
3 
26i 
1 
1 
2 
21 
2 
1 
11 
0 
22 
Perennial Red, B. 
2 
15 
13 
3 
22 
2 
3.1 
11 
2 
21 
Cowgrass . . 
3 
0 
17 
3 
9 
1 
10 
2 
0 
11? 
2 
6 
1 
6^ 
Alsike .. .. 
4 
1 
4i 
4 
14 
1 
2 
1 
9i 
2 
11 
1 
7J 
English White .. 
3 
0 
21J 
3 
10 
0 
25 
1 
3 
182 
2 
2 
14J 
8 
Dutch White .. 
1 
1 
171 
1 
10 
3 
15J 
2 
22 
15 
The Half Cut when in Seed. 
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