ON” THE MIXED HERBAGE OF PERMANENT MEADOW, 
1189 
Table XXXIII. 
Plot 3. 
Unmanured 
continuously. 
Plot 7. 
Mixed mineral 
manure, alone. 
Plot 9. 
Mixed mineral 
manure, and 
400 lhs. 
ammonia-salts. 
Plot 11. 
Mixed mineral 
manure, and 
800 lbs. 
ammonia-salts. 
Plot 14. 
Mixed mineral 
manure, and 
550 lbs. 
nitrate soda. 
Means. 
Total Number of Species Found. 
18G2 .... 
50 
44 
28 
25 
28 
35 
1867 .... 
43 
42 
29 
19 
30 
33 
1872 .... 
49 
41 
30 
16 
30 
33 
1877 .... 
52 
44 
27 
16 
27 
33 
Average of the 4 years . . 
49 
43 
29 
19 
29 
34 
Gramineous Herb age—Per Cent, (by weight) in Total Prcduce. 
1862 .... 
68 65 
63-21 
88-43 
91-72 
88-83 
80-17 
1867 .... 
62-46 
58-69 
76-68 
94-89 
93-60 
77-26 
1872 .... 
67-92 
47*85 
92*08 
99*05 
92-77 
79-93 
1877 .... 
71*15 
74-38 
94*65 
98*00 
87-81 
85-20 
Average of the 4 years. . 
67-55 
61-03 
87-96 
95-91 
90-75 
80-64 
Leguminous Herbage—Per Cent, (by weight) in Total Produce. 
1862. 
8-59 
25-42 
0*13 
0*01 
0-13 
6-85 
1867 .... 
5-73 
12*84 
0*16 
o-oi 
0-39 
3-83 
1872 .... 
9-17 
40-26 
0-02 
o-oi 
1-36 
10-17 
1877 .... 
8-54 
13-71 
0-41 
o-oo 
0*76 
4-68 
Average of the 4 years. . 
8*01 
23*06 
. 0*18 
0*01 
0-66 
6-38 
Miscellaneous Herbage—Per Cent, (by weight) in Total 
Produce. 
1862 . . _ . 
22-76 
11-37 
11-44 
8-27 
11-04 
12-98 
1867 .... 
31-81 
28-47 
23-16 
5-10 
6-01 
18-91 
1872 .... 
22-91 
11-89 
7-90 
0-94 
5-87 
9-90 
1877 .... 
20-31 
11-91 
4-94 
2-00 
11-43 
10-12 
Average of the 4 years . . 
24-44 
15-91 
11-86 
4*08 
8-59 
12*98 
Gramineous Herbage—Lbs. per Acre. 
1862 .... 
2095 
2796 
5661 
6525 
5080 
4431 
1867 . . . .' 
2081 
2616 
4127 
5511 
6728 
4213 
1872 .... 
1116 
2027 
6210 
7075 
5765 
4238 
1877 .... 
1682 
3793 
5730 
7495 
5495 
4839 
Average of the 4 years. . 
1743 
2808 
5182 
6651 
5767 
4430 
Leguminous Herbage—Lbs. per Acre. 
1862 .... 
262 
1125 
8 
1 
7 
281 
1867 .... 
191 
573 
9 
1 
28 
160 
1872 .... 
151 
1705 
1 
1 
85 
390 
1877 .... 
202 
699 
25 
0 
48 
195 
Average of the 4 years . . 
202 
1026 
11 
1 
42 
257 
Miscellaneous Herbage—Lbs. per Acre. 
1862 .... 
695 
503 
733 
588 
631 
630 
1867 .... 
1060 
1269 
1246 
296 
432 
860 
1872 .... 
377 
504 
447 
67 
365 
352 
1877 .... 
480 
608 
299 
153 
715 
451 
Average of the 4 years. . 
653 
721 
681 
276 
536 
573 
Total Mixed Herbage — Lbs. per Acre. 
1862 .... 
3052 
4424 
6402 
7114 
5718 
5342 
1867 .... 
3332 
4458 
5382 
5808 
7188 
5233 
1872 .... 
1644 
4236 
5658 
7143 
6215 
4980 
1877 .... 
2364 
5100 
6054 
7648 
6258 
5485 
Average of the 4 years . . 
2598 
4555 
5874 
6928 
6345 
5260 
Average 20 years 1856-75 . 
2383 
3958 
6711 
6726 
6407 
5037 
7 n 
MDCCCLXXXIL 
