458 SEEDS FOR HAY AND PASTURE. 
The plots were cut and weighed on June 18th, 1900, with 
the following results in weight of green herbage per acre :— 
(ons: (Cwts” ven a Tons. Cwt. Lb. 
Pichi === - 6 10 6 | SBilobge - 6 fo) 56 
Pict2 ae - 8 14 po. A *Ploto."S - 5 17 Oo 
Piot3) a - 6 II 56 | Plot. = - 5 12 56 
Plot4 - =) 10 O 56 | 
It will take at least 3 tons of green herbage to produce one 
ton of hay. The hay on Plots 2 and 4 was coarse and would 
be almost unsaleable, -ecause of the presence of the coarse 
chicory plants. | 
The finest quality hay was produced on Plot 5, the next 
best being on Plot 6, followed by that on Plots 1, 3 and 7. 
It should also be mentioned that had the plots been mown a 
week earlier Plot 5 would have given better quality hay and 
a heavier crop, as it was too mature at the time of cutting. 
On the other hand, the herbage on Plot 7 greatly improved, 
both in quality and quantity, in the last week before cutting, 
the strong grasses, especially cocksfoot, having come forward. 
in the last week and thickened the bottom of the herbage. 
Clovers did not do well on any of the plots. Although the 
plants added to Plots 2 and 4 have greatly increased the bulk 
of the herbage the result cannot be said to be satisfactory. 
The aftermath on the plots was examined on October 15th, 
1909. On Plot 1 this was very scanty; cocksfoot, however, 
was more evident. On Plot 2 the chicory was very strong, 
the plants being from 3 to 4 feet high, and the size of the 
stems on the ground being from + to } inch in diameter; up 
to a foot above the ground there were leaves, and above this 
the Hower spike ; at this stage it looked coarse and anything 
but an article of fodder; where the chicory had not run to 
seed it produced a large number of root leaves. It was inte- 
resting to notice that the grasses as well as clover seem to 
have grown stronger under the shelter of the chicory. On 
Plot 3 the herbage was of much the same appearance as on 
Plot 1, but it was not so abundant. Plot 4 was Similanee 
Plot 2. Itis possible that if the chicory had been eaten down 
in time by the live stock so as to prevent stem formation, that 
more leaves would have been produced and that these plots 
would not have looked so ragged and unsightly. On Plot 5 
