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costing 11. 196\ 'dhd. per acre, have been sown. On the half 
acres adjoining each of the acre-plots, the number of seeds of 
foxtail, cocksfoot, meadow fescue, and tall fescue has been 
reduced, and replaced by a corresponding number of seeds of 
perennial rje-grass, with the view of testing the value of rye- 
grass in permanent pasture. The price per acre has been 
reduced by the substitution of rye-grass for the more expensive 
grasses to I65. M. (1 b), IZ. 3s. 0^. (2 b), and 1/. IO5. 2irf. (3 b), 
respectively. 
lA 
2a 
3a 
iB 
2b 
3b 
The plots were sown on June 7th, 1886, Nos. 1 A and 1 B 
being sown down in a crop of oats, but the other plots without a 
crop. On plots 1 A and 1 B the seeds failed entirely, the field 
being rather wet and the land where the oat-crop was in not as 
good tilth. These plots had accordingly to be re-sown on 
September 8th ; on the other plots there was a good plant 
throughout. In 1887 one half of each plot is to be mown, and 
the other half fed off. 
Crawley Mill Farm is situatea near Woburn, Bedfordshire ; 
the soil is a very light reddish loam, about 9 inches deep, with 
a subsoil of almost pure sand. 
Eainfall at WoBUEN during 1886, taken at 8 a.m. daily at CiiAWLET 
Mill Farm. 
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Inches 
Inches. 
