334  The  Woburn  Field  Experiments,  1910. 
climate  such  as  that  of  England  ? These  results  led  to  a 
considerable  amount  of  inquiry  regarding  Canadian  lucerne, 
and  as  to  what  the  particular  seed  used  in  this  experiment  was. 
Through  the  kindness  of  Messrs.  Sutton  & Sons  and  also  of 
Dr.  W.  Saunders,  chief  of  the  Experimental  Farms  in  Canada, 
considerable  information  was  obtained.  But  this  went  all  to 
show  that  lucerne  seed  is  not,  as  yet,  a subject  of  general 
export  from  Canada,  though  its  growing  in  that  country  is 
being  largely  extended.  Moreover,  inquiries  failed  to  ascertain 
what  particular  variety  the  seed  used  at  Woburn  originally  was, 
and  so  there  was  not  anything  further  to  be  gained  by  prolonging 
the  inquiry.  It  is  in  contemplation,  however,  to  get  other  lots 
of  seed  from  Canada,  of  known  origin,  and  to  try  these  in 
comparison  with  Turkestan,  Provence,  and  other  varieties  of 
lucerne  commonly  obtainable. 
Experiment  on  the  Use  of  Lime  ( butt  Furlong ),  1910. 
Wheat  followed  the  clover  crop  of  1909,  the  clover  ley 
being  ploughed  up  September  24  to  October  14,  1909.  Nine 
pecks  per  acre  of  “ Square  Head’s  Master  ” wheat  were  drilled 
on  November  13,  and  the  crop  came  up  well.  On  November 
23  ground  lime,  at  the  rate  of  10  cwt.  per  acre,  was  applied, 
for  the  second  time,  to  plot  3,  this  having  received  the  first 
dressing  in  autumn,  1907  (accordingly  1 ton  per  acre  in  all), 
while  plot  2 had  only  the  single  dressing  of  2 tons  per  acre 
of  lump  lime  in  1907.  The  lime,  it  should  be  said,  was  in 
each  case  from  the  same  source.  The  wheat  came  into  ear 
by  June  28,  1910,  and  was  a nice  crop.  It  was  cut  on  August 
18,  and  carted  September  1 and  2.  The  results  of  threshing 
are  given  in  Table  IX. 
Table  IX. — Experiment  on  Use  of  Lime  ( Butt  Furlong). 
Produce  of  Wheat  per  acre,  1910. 
Plot 
Treatment  per  acre 
Head  com 
Tail 
corn 
Value  of 
com  per 
quarter 
on  basis 
of  32«. 
Bush. 
Weight 
per 
bush. 
Weight 
Lb. 
Lb. 
8.  d. 
1 
No  lime  ...... 
370 
63-2 
146 
32  0 
2 
Lump  lime,  2 tons  .... 
381 
628 
150 
32  0 
3 
Ground  lime,  10  cwt.  (1907),  repeated 
1909  
42T 
630 
150 
32  0 
The  yield  from  the  application  of  ground  lime  wras  4 
bushels  more  per  acre  than  on  the  plot  treated  in  1907 
with  2 tons  per  acre  of  lump  lime.  This  latter  application, 
