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the lucerne plants looked fresh and green and along with this 
thegrasseslooked very well,cocksfoot and the ryegrasses look- 
ing especially well. Neither sainfoin nor clovers were present. 
The aftermath on this plot was the best both as to quality and 
quantity. On Plot 6 only a few sainfoin plants were apparent, 
and the herbage on the plot was next in value to that on Plot 
5. Theaftermath on Plot 7 was even.and of good quality and 
consisted principally of grasses. The feeding value of the 
aftermath was estimated as follows:—Plot 5, 5s. an acre; 
PMiG@mowss od. anacne. Plot7, 2s. od. aa acres) Plots 1 and: 3, 
Is. 6d. an acre. The aftermath: on Plots 2 and 4 was not 
valued, because of the coarse character of the chicory plants 
present. 
On this soil the following plants which were sown were 
sparsely represented in the autumn of 1900: sainfoin, burnet, 
kidney vetch, and the clovers. So far the results on this 
gravelly soil seem to show that the grass seeds mixture sown 
on Plot 5 is the most satisfactory. 
The experiments at Plantation Farm, Wolverton, are 
being made in the Piece [Field adjoining the Down, which is 
about 100 acres in area. The soil directly overlies the chalk, 
is a light sandy loam with some flinty gravel, only a few 
inches deep, and is a typical one for carrying sheep. It is 
really down land, at an altitude of about 600 feet, and is in 
an exposed position. Clover has not been grown on this 
land for many years. The seeds were sown with a barley 
crop in the spring of 1899, andinthe autumn of that year the 
young seeds promised well. The plots were inspected on 
June 18th, rg00. The herbage on all the plots looked well, 
and compared favourably with the rest of the field. On Plot 
1 the ryegrasses were well developed but the clovers not so 
much, On Plot 2 kidney vetch had done well, and was at 
that time in flower ; chicory was neither strong nor abundant > 
there were only a few plants of burnet, and no yarrow. Plot 
3 Was quite as good as Plot 1, and here the clovers had done 
better; while Plot 4 had a somewhat similar appearance to 
Plot 2. On Plot 5 there was the heaviest yield of excellent 
quality herbage, there being much clover but little lucerne 
present. Sainfoin, however, was well developed ard in 
