456 SEEDS FOR HAY AND PASTURE. 


Ouantities and Cost of Seeds sown per Acre. 








| Plot 1, costing 17s. an acre :— Plot 5, costing 2Is. an acre :— 
5 lb. Italian Kyegrass. 10 lb. Lucerne. 
12 lb. Perennial Ry egrass. 10 lb. Sainfoin (in the husk), 
1 Ib. Foxtail. 2 lb. Cocksfoot. 
2 1b. Meadow Fescue. 2 1b. Timothy. 
2 lb. Timothy. 2 |b. Tall Fescue. 
2 lb. Cocksfoot. 11b. Trefol. 
2 1b. Alsike. 2 1b. Alsike. 
2 1b. White Clover. 1 lb. Cowgrass. 
1 lb. Red Clover. 10 lb. Perennial Ryegrass. - 
2 lb. Cowgrass. 
i lb. Trefoil. ) e40ilb: 
a 32alb: Plot 6, costing 22s. 6d. an acre :— _ 
| Plot 2, costing 22s. an acre. 35 lb. Sainfoin (in the husk). 
Same as Plot 1 with :— 3 lb. Lucerne. 
2 1b. Burnet. 2 lb. Cocksfoot. 
1 lb. Chicory. 2 1b. Timothy. 
3 lb. Yarrow. : 2 lb. Tall Fescue. 
21b. Kidney Vetch. t 1b. Trefoil. 
2 1b. Alsike. 
37% Ib. I lb, Cowgrass. 
| Plot 3, costing tos. 6d. an acre :— 10 lb. Perennial Ryegrass. 
4 lb. Italian Ryegrass. 
1o lb. Perennial Ryegrass. 58 lb. 
1 lb. Cocksfoot. 
I lb. Meadow Fescue. Plot 7, costing 22s. an acre :— 
2 1b. Timothy. 7 Ib. Cocksfoot. 
2 1b. Alsike. 3 Ib. Tall Meseue: 
1 lb. White Clover. 2 lb. Dogstail. 
I lb, Red Clover. 4 1b. Timothy. 
1 lb. Cowgrass, 4 lb. Italian Ryegrass. 
I lb. Trefoil. 2 1b. Perennial Ryegrass. 
t lb. White Clover. 
24 lb. 2 1b. Alsike. 
# Plot 4 costing 15s. 6d. an acre. i lb. Cowgrass. 
| : Same as Plot 3 with :— I lb. Trefoil. 
2 1b. Burnet. I 1b. Foxtail. 
1 lb. Chicory. 2 1b. Meadow Fescue. 
4 lb. Yarrow. . 
2 lb. Kidney Vetch. . 30 Ib. 
2958 |b. 


well where it had been sown, but neither sainfoin nor lucerne 
was a success on this land. The herbage on the plots was 
cut and weighed at the end of June, 1900, when it was found 
that each plot produced the following amount of dry hay, 
calculated per acre :— 
Tons] Cw) wah: | Tons. *** Cwt.- "ai 
Plot ear 17 fe) Ploe§ 8a 8 fe) 
Flot ze aad 15 O Plot.6:-. 4 7 O 
Flot 3h) IO O Ploty i. a 3 Oo 
Plot 4).=. 1 10 O 
