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From this it would appear that the clovers in permanent pasture 
have a longer life than the same species or varieties of clovers 
when used for making hay, if they are allowed to ripen their seeds. 
The influence of the manures on* the produce is made ap- 
parent bv the following Table, in which the whole produce, cal- 
culated at the rate per acre, is given of the different clovers. 
Table X. — Total Pkoduce of all the Cloyees in relation to the 
Manukes. 
Yield per Acre. 
Tons. 
cwts. 
1. 
8 
2. 
Bone-dust and Super- ■» 
9 
8 
3. 
Sulphate of Potash 
10 
2 
4. 
Sulphate of Ammonia.. 
6 
5. 
Nitrate of Soda .. 
9 
17 
G. 
2 and 3, with 4 .. .. 
10 
7 
7. 
2 and 3, with 5 
10 
6 
The manure which has been of most value to the clovers has 
been the sulphate of potash. The addition of the bone-dust, 
superphosphate, and nitrogenous elements, in Plots 6 and 7, 
has given no appreciable advantage. 
The bearing, if there be any, of the different manures on 
clover sickness, has not yet manifested itself. This, and the 
connection or confirmation of the results exhibited in this 
Report, will be secured by the renewal of the experiments. 
VIII. — The Silo and Silage-stack Competition, 1885-86. 
List of Judges. 
G. W. Baker, Luton Hoc Park. 
John Keeslet Fowler, Lee Manor, Great Missenden. 
James Long, Graveley Manor, Stevenage. 
Thomas PacBY, Sutton "Weaver, Preston Brook. 
John Wheatley, Watford, Herts. 
Tom Pakey, 9, Upper Wobum Place, W.C. 
I. Introduction. By Tom Parry, of 9, Upper Woburn 
Place, W.C. 
The Prize of 100 guineas (offered by Sir Massey Lopes, Presi- 
dent of the Royal Agricultural Society of England) " For the 
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