378  The  Wohurn  Field  Experiments,  1909. 
Table  VII. — Lucerne  and  White  Clover  ; seed  inoculated  and 
not  inoculated. 
Green  produce  per  acre,  1909. 
Inoculated 
Not  inoculated 
T. 
c. 
q. 
lb. 
T. 
c. 
q- 
lb. 
Argentine  Lucerne — Plot 
1 . 
0 
6 
1 
16 
1 
6 
3 
24 
2 . 
0 
16 
0 
20 
2 
3 
0 
16 
3 . 
1 
1 
2 
8 
1 
6 
3 
24 
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4 . 
0 
10 
3 
4 
0 
13 
1 
26 
11  11  11 
5 . 
0 
18 
3 
14 
1 
8 
1 
7 
11  1)  11 
6 . 
2 
3 
0 
16 
2 
13 
3 
20 
11  11  11 
7 . 
2 
3 
0 
16 
2 
19 
1 
8 
11  11  11 
8 . 
3 
15 
2 
0 
5 
2 
1 
24 
11  11  11 
9 . 
3 
15 
2 
0 
4 
11 
2 
20 
10  . 
2 
13 
3 
20 
2 
19 
1 
8 
Dutch  White  Clover 
6 
10 
0 
0 
5 
17 
2 
0 
Mammoth  White  Clover 
4 
7 
2 
0 
5 
5 
0 
0 
come  to  in  1908.  With  the  white  clover,  however,  the  results 
were  not  the  same,  as  there  was  a small  gain  with  the 
inoculation  of  the  Dutch  White  Clover,  as  had  been  the  case 
also  in  1908.  With  the  Mammoth  White  Clover  there  was  a 
loss  by  inoculation,  though  the  1908  experiment  had  not 
shown  any. 
It  may  be  noted,  in  passing,  that  the  two  years’  produce  of 
the  Dutch  White  Clover  came  to  7 tons  17  cwt.  2 qr.  green 
produce  per  acre,  that  of  the  Mammoth  White  Clover  to 
6 tons  11  cwt.  1 qr.  per  acre. 
Experiment  on  the  Use  op  Lime  {Butt  Furlong),  1909. 
This  experiment,  begun  in  1908,  is  to  test  the  value  of  lime 
in  a rotation,  applied  in  the  one  case  as  lump  lime,  at  the  rate 
of  2 tons  per  acre,  in  the  other  as  ground  lime  in  smaller 
quantity,  viz.,  10  cwt.  per  acre.  The  crop  of  1908  was  barley, 
and  the  land  (which  is  poor  in  lime  and  subject  to  “ finger-and- 
toe  ”)  clearly  showed  the  advantage  of  using  lime,  the  barley  crop 
being  increased  by  17  bushels  per  acre  in  the  first  year  through 
the  heavier  application  of  lime.  Red  clover  was  sown  among 
the  barley,  and  was  the  crop  for  1909.  In  November,  1908, 
it  was  quite  a nice  crop,  but  in  February  and  March,  1909,  was 
much  damaged  by  frost  and  also  by  wood  pigeons,  which  were 
most  troublesome  this  season.  It  was  cut  June  10-19,  but, 
owing  to  continuous  bad  weather,  it  could  never  be  properly 
harvested,  and  practically  rotted  on  the  ground,  so  that  it  was 
useless  to  record  the  weights.  A second  application  of  10  cwt.. 
per  acre  of  ground  lime  was  given  in  the  winter  (1909)  to 
plot  3,  making  1 ton  per  acre  in  all  since  the  commencement. 
Wheat  follows  in  1910. 
