200 The Woburn Field Experiments, 1904. 
pecks per acre, in Warren Field, on March 16-17, 1904. The 
soil of this field is considerably heavier than that of Lansome 
Field. It received a dressing of farmyard manure in the 
winter ; on May 26 a top-dressing of 1 cwt. per acre of 
sulphate of ammonia was given. The wheats were cut on 
August 9, and carted on August 22-25. The results of 
threshing are given in Table IV., page 199. 
The “ Red Fife,” as in 1903, came out as decidedly the 
better of the two varieties, and would seem to be the one most 
likely to succeed in this country. As there was no English 
variety of wheat grown in this field, no proper comparison can 
be made between the English and Canadian varieties ; but it is 
to be remarked that when the corn came to be valued, the 
expert admired the Canadian samples very much, and assigned 
to them a value of 36s. per quarter, on the basis of 32s. for 
average English wheat of the season. As a matter of fact this 
price (36s.) was what the bulk of “ Red Fife ” actually fetched 
on Bedford market. 
Lucerne (, Stackyard Field), 1904. 
The plots (resown in 1902) were cleaned during the winter 
of 1903 ; mineral manures were applied on March 11, 1904, 
and the nitrogenous top-dressings on May 25. Plots 6 and 7 
(mixed mineral manures, including potash and nitrogenous 
salts), as before, looked much the best, while the lucerne of 
plot 3 (sulphate of potash alone) was of a very light colour, as 
if it stood in need of nitrogenous manuring. The dry season 
resulted, of course, in but short crops being obtained ; two 
cuttings were taken of each plot on July 15 and August 30 
respectively. The weights of green produce are given in 
Table V., below. 
Table V. — Lucerne Stackyard Field). 
Green produce per acre, 1904 (third year of new series). 
Plot 
Manures per acre, applied annually 
Green 
produce 1 
1 
No manure ......... 
T. c. q. lb. 
3 10 3 11 
2 
Superphosphate, 4 cwt. ; bone dust, 4 cwt. . 
2 8 2 4 
3 
Sulphate of potash, 4 cwt. ...... 
3 7 1 18 
4 
Sulphate of ammonia, 2 cwt. ..... 
3 0 2 19 
5 
Nitrate of soda, 2 cwt. ....... 
3 19 2 5 
6 
7 
< Superphosphate, 4 cwt.; bone dust, 4 cwt.; sulphate of \ 
l potash, 4 cwt. ; sulphate of ammonia, 2 cwt. . . J 
f Superphosphate, 4 cwt. ; bone dust, 4 cwt. ; sulphate of ^ 
t potash, 4 cwt.; nitrate of soda, 2 cwt. . . .1 
8 6 1 11 
9 11 1 22 
1 Two cuttings. 
