198 On Permanent and Temporary Meadows and Pastures. 
was 32'75 lbs. avoirdupois. On August 9tli of the same year, 
we were able to make a second cut, which gave the following 
results : — 
r!?1 lbs. Avoir. 
Weight of the aftermath, green 48 "92 
,, turned and dried in the air .. .. 17 "12 
, , , , completely dried at 100"^ C 14 • 11 
At the end of the season we made a third mowing, which 
consisted of the leguminosae, as the graminaceae had not grown 
high enough to be reached by the scythe. As, moreover, the 
second piece of land of which I am about to speak did not at 
that time give a corresponding crop, we have taken no account 
of this last mowing. 
The crops obtained from the first piece calculated per acre 
gave the following results : — 
1st Mowing. 
2nd Mowing. 
Total. 
11-32 tons 
5 "74 tons 
17-06 tons 
, , — turned 
4-53 
2-00 ,, 
6-53 ,, 
, , —dried at 100° C. 
3-84 
1-65 
5-49 ,, 
On the second piece of land, which was prepared in every 
way like the first, in order to imitate the effect of depasturing 
as much as possible, we made six successive mowings on 
April 17, May 8, May 24, June 16, July 10, and August 9 ; 
after this last cut, a small aftermath again grew up, which the 
animals could graze, but which it was very difficult to mow. 
This is the reason why we did not mow the last aftermath of 
the first piece. 
The six mowings gave the following results per acre : — 
1st Cut. 
2nd Cut. 
3rd Cut. 
4th Cut. 
5th Cut. 
6th Cut. 
Total. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Tons. 
Hay — green . . 
12-48 
2-06 
1-99 
1-31 
2-32 
110 
21-26 
, , — turned . . 
2-24 
-403 
-348 
-263 
-523 
-300 
4 079 
, , —dried at 100° C. 
1-96 
-305 
•319 
-250 
-461 
-247 
3-602 
But it is not enough, in order to get a clear idea of the 
comparative value of the two systems of mowing or depasturing, 
simply to compare the weights of the vegetable matter obtained. 
