384 Field Experiments conducted in 1889 and 1890 
It is noticeable that the mown portions of the field show con- 
siderably thicker roots than the grazed portions. Lucerne and 
sainfoin have almost entirely disappeared. 
A comparison of the above figures shows very clearly the 
deteriorating effect of grazing in the first year. The weights of hay 
in 1889 were much less on the plots grazed in 1888 than where the 
plots were mown each year. On the other hand, alternate grazing 
and mowing, after mowing in the first year, has caused no falling off" 
of produce. 
riots A and L are for permanent pasture without rye-grass 
„ B „ K „ „ with „ 
„ C ,, J „ four years' ley without „ 
» D .. I ., with „ 
cost of seeding 
per acre 
s. d. 
. . 43 10 
. . 31 7 
. .30 6 
. . 25 1 
Mixtures for two years' ley were also sown in the same field. 
The results have been : — 
PlotE 
Plot F 
Plot H 
Plot G 
Dry matter in 18 
cwt. qr. lb. 
. 29 2 15 
. 25 1 14 
Sown v.'itli wlieat 
■■ 
! I matter in 1889 Total in two years 
cwt. qr. lb. 
24 2 0 
19 0 18 
Sown with oats 
cwt. qr. lb. 
54 0 15 
44 2 4 
Dry matter in 1888 Dry matter in 1889 Total in two years 
cwt. qr. lb. cwt. qr. lb. cwt. qr. lb. 
. 25 1 26 28 1 7 53 3 5 
. 23 2 16 20 3 21 44 2 9 
The mixtures were as follows : — ■ 
Plots E and H. — 6 lb. cocksfoot, 
10 lb. timothy, 2 lb. perennial 
red clover, 2 lb. alsike clover, 
] lb. white clover. Cost per acre, 
13«. 8d. 
Plots F and G. — 6 lb. Italian rye- 
frrass, 4 lb. cocksfoot, 2 lb. meadow 
fescue, 2 lb. tall fescue, 2 lb. 
timothy, 2 lb. perennial rye-grass, 
4 lb. red clover, 1^ lb. white 
clover, H lb. alsike clover, 1 lb. tre- 
foil. Cost per acre, 17s. 3c?. 
It will thus be seen that the plots in which the rye-grasses liave 
I'een replaced by other grasses have yielded the largest quantities of 
hay in both the first and second seasons. » 
III. Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture. 
{Abstract of Report of Mr. F. T. Cooke, of Flitcham, King's Lynn.) 
Experiments upon Wheat. 
The experiments in 1889 and 1890 included an exact repetition 
of those of 1888 upon wlieat, which have been already recorded in 
tlie Journal.' The wheat was grown after seeds, and in the ordi- 
nary four-course rotation of the county. The main object in view, 
was to find what manure, or mixture of manures, is, in the absence of 
' Vol. XXV., F.S., p. 2'JO. 
