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with  large  patches  of  brome  grass ; clover  was  practically 
absent.  The  land  is  always  grazed.  Basic  slag  (8  cwt.  per 
acre),  gas  lime  (2  tons  per  acre),  farmyard  manure,  and  mineral 
superphosphate  (4  cwt.  per  acre)  have  been  tried.  Basic  slag 
is  the  one  material  that  has  effected  an  improvement,  and  of 
the  success  of  this  there  is  no  doubt.  Soon  after  the  first  appli- 
cation of  it  white  clover  made  its  appearance,  and  the  quantity 
of  this  increased  from  year  to  year,  the  basic  slag  plot  standing 
out  clearly  from  all  the  others.  For  quite  seven  years  this 
improvement  was  maintained,  but  now  (basic  slag  not  having 
been  renewed)  the  former  clumps  of  rough  grass  are  beginning 
to  reassert  themselves,  and  a further  application  of  basic  slag 
is  desirable.  Gas  lime  succeeded  in  killing  down  a lot  of  the 
rough  grass  and  in  producing  a sweeter  herbage,  l)etter  eaten  by 
stock.  Neither  farmyard  manure  nor  superphosphate  effected 
any  continuous  improvement.  From  this  experiment  and  others 
which,  as  the  outcome,  he  has  carried  out  on  other  parts  of  the 
park,  Mr.  Hornsby  is  of  opinion  that  the  influence  of  basic  slag 
will  be  felt  for  about  five  years,  after  which  it  needs  renewing. 
Also  he  considers  that  a dressing  of  5 to  6 cwt.  per  acre 
repeated  every  fifth  year  will  do  as  well  as  the  heavier 
application. 
County  Locality  Formation 
9.  Bucks  Latimer  (Broadfielcl  No.  2033a)  Clay  loam  on  chalk 
Though  resting  on  chalk,  the  soil  here  is  rather  deficient 
in  lime  (0'30  per  cent.),  as  also  in  phosphoric  acid  (0T2  per 
cent.).  The  pasture  is  now  twenty-five  years  old,  and  the 
herbage  is  principally  hard  fescue  ami  bent  grass.  The  best 
results  on  this  land  have  followed  the  application  of  basic  slag 
followed  by  kainit,  while  superphosiihate  and  kainit  have 
also  done  well,  clover  coming  freely  in  each  case.  Lime  by 
itself  effected  little  change,  but,  as  one-half  of  each  plot  was 
limed,  it  was  seen  that  lime  used  in  conjunction  with  the 
other  manures  certainly  did  good.  Pond  mud,  salt,  and  farm- 
yard manure  were  severally  tried,  but  were  quite  ineffectual, 
except  that  farmyard  manure  gave  rise  to  strong  growth  of 
herbage.  A marked  improvement  has  been  effected  in  this  field 
by  the  use  of  either  basic  slag  or  mineral  superphosphate  together 
with  kainit.  Other  experiments  have  been  carried  out 
independently  on  this  farm,  and  have  given  rise  to  a 
considerable  amount  of  local  interest,  being  frecpientl)’  visited 
by  parties  of  farmers.  The  general  outcome  has  been  a 
decided  improvement  in  the  pasture  land  of  the  farm  through 
the  use  of  ba^iic  slag  and  kainit.  The  usual  application  is  one 
of  4 cwt.  per  acre  of  basic  slag  and  4 cwt.  per  acre  of  kainit. 
In  comparing  these  I’esults  with  those  on  somewhat  similar 
land  at  Limber,  Lincolnshire  (Experiment  6),  it  is  interesting 
