Grass Experimerits at Wohvrn. 31 
Experiment with Thick and Thin Sowing : Seeds sown on the 
Three-quarter Acre Plots. 

Quantity 
p6r aero 
Number of ger- 
minating seeds 
per acre 
Quantity 
per acre 
Number of germi 
nating seeds per 
acre 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Tj^i-» vf nil 
\ 
414 499 
2 
828,998 
3 
1,-107!399 
6 
2,814^798 
1 
288,010 
2 
576,020 
1 
232,320 
2 
464,640 
2 
2,276,108 
4 
4,552,216 
Rough-stalked meadow-grass 
1 
2,194,659 
2 
4,389,318 
1 
620,220 
2 
1,240,440 
1 
652,444 
2 
1,304,888 
8,085,659 
16,171,318 
Results of the First Year, 1888.- Three-quarter Acre Plots. 
No. of seeds per acre 
Cost of seed per acre 
Produce of hay 
per acre 
Cost of seed per 
ton of hay 
X, s. cl. 
tons cwts. qrs. lbs. 
£ s. d. 
16,000,000 
16 0 
1 10 0 17 
0 17 3 
8,000,000 
0 13 0 
1 0 1 25 
0 12 7 
The two-acre plots without ryegrass and the two half-acre 
plots with ryegrass have yielded crops since 1886, when they 
were sown with the following seeds : — 
Quantities and Prices of Seeds used for thick and thin solving, 
with and without ryegrass. 
Plot 1 
Plot 2 
(A.) Without 
ryegrass 
(3.) With rye- 
grass 
(A.) Without 
ryegrass 
(B.) With rye- 
grass 
Amount 
sown 
per acre 
Price 
per acre 
Amount 
sown 
per acre 
Price 
per acre 
Amount 
sown 
per acre 
Price 
per acre 
Amount 
sown 
per acre 
Price 
per acre 
Foxtail, . . . 
Cocksfoot . . . 
Meadow fescue . 
Tall fescue . . 
Ryegrass ' . . . 
Timothy ' . . . 
Rough-stalked i 
meadow -gi-ass 1 
Smooth-stalked i 
meadow-grass / 
White clover. . 
Alsike .... 
Cowgrass . . . 
lbs. 
2 
5 
3 
2 
n 
1 
1 
1 
2 
s. d. 
3 0 
5 5 
3 6 
3 0 
0 7i 
0 11 
0 4i 
1 0 
1 0 
2 0 
lbs. 
1 
n 
H 
1 
9 
6 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
s. d. 
1 6 
2 8i 
1 9" 
1 6 
2 3 
2 G 
0 11 
0 41 
1 0 
1 0 
2 0 
lbs. 
3 
6 
4 
3 
u 
1 
1 
1* 
H 
3 
i. d. 
4 6 
6 6 
5 3 
4 6 
0 7^ 
1 10 
0 9 
1 G 
1 6 
3 0 
lbs. 
H 
3 
2 
6 
1 
1 
u 
3 
s. d. 
2 3 
3 3 
2 4 
2 3 
3 U 
2 6^ 
1 10 
0 9 
1 6 
1 6 
3 0 
Totals . . 
20 10 
17 6 
29 Hi 
24 3i 
[ConHntted on page 33. 
' See remarks in first paragraph on page 33. It should be added that the 
prices also are higher for the plots with ryegrass and lower for those without 
ryegrass than were intended, 1.9. Zd. being added to the one, and l\d. deducted 
from the other. — W. C. 
