Table III. — Experiments on the Rotation of — Roots , Barley, Clover (or Beans), or 
Fallow, and Wheat ; in Agdell Field, Rothamsted. 11 courses, 44 years, 1848- 
1891. 
3. CLOVER (OR BEANS), OR FALLOW. 
Years 
Unmanured 
Courses 1-0 superphosphate 
only. Courses 10 and 11 
mixed mineral manure 
Mixed mineral and 
nitrogenous manure 
Roots carted 
Roots fed 
Roots carted 
Roots fed 
Roots carted i 
Roots fed 
Fallow 
Beaus 
or 
clover 
Fallow 
Beans 
or 
clover 
Fallow 
Beans 
or 
clover 
Fallow 
Beans 
or 
clover 
Fallow 
Beans 
or 
clover 
Fallow 
Beans 
or 
clover 
BEANS ; 
DRESSED CORN— 1854 
’58, ’62 
’66, ’70 
’78 and ’90. (CLOVER, 1850, ’74, ’82 and ’ 86 .) 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
1850 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
1854 
5 A 
54 
5 A 
10 f 
9ft 
133 
1858 
6 } 
5} 
64 
8 S 
123 
14J 
1802 
29 
27 
29j 
30 
433 
41} 
1806 
10 } 
8 ? 
73 
10 
203 
24? 
1870 
133 
174 
15* 
153 
243 
26g 
1874 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
1878 
8 | 
73 
7} 
134 
20 } 
26f 
1882 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
1886 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
1890 
7 
8 } 
243 
24 
15} 
16} 
Average 7 
courses, beans, 
1854, ’58, ’02, 
113 
H3 
134 
16} 
20 } 
233 
’ti 6 , ’70, ’78, 
and ’90 
BEANS ; STRAW— 1854, ’58, 
’62, ’ 66 , 
70, 78, and ’90. 
(CLOVER, 1850, ’74, ’82, and ’ 86 .) 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
1850 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
1854 
1,055 
953 
1,103 
1,378 
1,355 
1,605 
1858 
1,100 
965 
1,155 
1,320 
1,520 
1,760 
18G2 
1,840; 
1,845 
2,150 
2,155 
3,280 
2,945 
18GG 
1,013 
905 
978 
1,835 
1,990 
2,155 
1870 
738 
710 
768 
878 
1,056 
1,008 
1874 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
1878 
710 
7 t i) 
1,045 
1,350 
1,655 
1,880 
1882 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
188G 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover) 
(clover^ 
(clover) 
(clover) 
1890 
603 
633 
1,764 
1,630 
1.102 
1,059 
Average 7 
courses, beans, 
1854, '58, ’62, 
- 
1,013 
969 
1,280 
1,507 
1,708 
1,773 
’ 6 G, ’70, ’78, 
and ’90 
CLOVER (AS HAY)— 1850, ’74, ’82 and 
’ 86 . BEANS (CORN and STRAW)— 1854, ’58, ’62, ’ 66 , 
70, ’78 and ’90. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
1850 
(6,440) 
(5,920) 
(7,027) 
(5,413) 
(6,799) 
(6,329) 
(6,739) 
(5,580) 
(7,697) 
(6,920) 
(7,275) 
(6,753) 
1854 
1,445 
1,367 
1,534 
2,124 
2,065 
2,544 
1858 
1,515 
1,307 
1,605 
1,895 
2,357 
2,754 
1862 
3,661 
3,546 
4,040 
4,027 
5,990 
5,520 
1866 
1,689 
1,485 
1,463 
2,481 
3,343 
3,782 
1870 
1,591 
1,854 
1,778 
1,867 
2,664 
2,746 
1874 
(2,838) 
(2,497) 
(5,093) 
(6,186) 
(7,904) 
(7,708) 
1878 
1,301 
1,255 
1,557 
2,241 
2,963 
3,617 
1882 
(2,935) 
(2,492) 
(6,700) 
(7,927) 
(8,882) 
(9,374) 
188G 
(1,285) 
(1,305) 
(4,925) 
(4,695) 
(3,255) 
(3,645) 
1890 
1,079 
1.197 
3.441 
3,269 
2.145 
2.195 
Average 7 
courses, beans, 
1854, ’58, *62, 
1,754 
1,716 
2,203 
2,558 
3,075 
3,308 
’G6, ’70, ’78, 
and ’90, 
Average 4 
courses, clover, 
1850, 74, ’82 
3,245 
2,927 
5,762 
6,097 
6,740 
6,870 
and '-86 
