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clover  took  a decided  lead,  the  Chilian  variety,  of  the  foreign 
ones,  alone  coining  near  to  it.  In  the  second  season  the 
Chilian  continued  to  improve,  and  over  the  two  years  gave  the 
best  produce  of  all.  The  English  red  clovers  also  maintained 
a good  position,  being,  on  the  whole,  second  best;  while,  of  the 
other  varieties,  the  “ Oregon  red  ” and  “ Indiana  red  ” gave 
good  returns.  Plot  12  (English  red),  it  should  be  pointed  out, 
owing  to  its  position,  suffered  most  from  the  ravages  of  wood 
pigeons.  It  would  appear  from  this  experiment  that  the 
Chilian  red  clover,  when  free  from  dodder  and  other  weeds 
which  may  prove  dangerous,  is  well  worth  introducing  into 
this  country,  hut  it  is  doubtful  if  any  of  the  othei’S  are  likely 
to  prove  superior  to  our  own. 
Experiments  on  Pasture. 
1.  Laying  Down  Land  to  Grass  {G7'eat  Hill  Bottom),  1903. 
The  area  under  experiment,  having  been  haj’ed  in  1902, 
was  in  1903  grazed  all  over  with  bullocks  and  sheep. 
2.  Elliot's  Mixtures  {Great  Hill  Bottom),  1903. 
These  two  plots  were  also  grazed  in  1903  ; they  showed 
very  strong  growth,  and  the  ground  became  very  well  covei’ed, 
to  the  exclusion  of  weeds.  The  contrast  in  this  respect 
between  these  two  plots  and  the  rest  of  the  field  Avas  A^ery 
mai-ked,  and  Avhen  bullocks  Avere  turned  in  they  shoAved  their 
decided  preference  for  the  “ Elliot  mixtures.”  Of  course  this 
to  a certain  extent  Avould  be  due  to  the  pasture  being  of  more 
recent  laying  doAvn.  It  should  be  noted,  moreoA'er,  that  chicory 
Avas  alAvays  Avell  eaten  doAvn  and  iieA’er  aaus  alloAved  to  groAv  to 
any  height  or  become  stalky.  Altogether,  the  progress  of  these 
plots  Avas  most  satisfactory. 
3.  Improvement  of  Old  Pastui'e  {Loy^g  Mead  and  Broad 
Mead),  1903. 
a.  Ijong  Mead. — The  plots  AA^ere  chain-harrowed  and  rolled 
in  the  spring,  and  the  manures,  having  been  last  applied  in 
1900,  Avere  put  on  again  on  April  3,  1903.  Subsequently, 
bullocks,  horses,  and  sheep  were  grazed  in  the  field. 
h.  Broad  Mead. — This  field  had  been  grazed  in  1902,  and  so 
was  hayed  in  1903.  Chain-harroAving  and  rolling  Avere  done  in 
the  early  part  of  the  year,  and  the  grass  Avas  cut  for  hay  on 
July  10,  the  aftermath  being  grazed.  The  AV'eights  of  hay  are 
given  in  Table  XI.,  page  302. 
This  was  the  second  year  of  the  experiment,  the  manurial 
applications  having  been  made  in  the  winter,  1901-2,  and  the 
land  grazed  in  1902,  Avhen  plot  2 (superphosphate  and  sulphate 
