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A VALUABLE paper, by Sir J. B. Lawes, on the history of a field laid down to permanent grass, has teen reprinted, by Messrs. Spottiswoode, from the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The field in question forms part of the Rothamsted estate, and was laid down to permanent grass nearly thirty years ago, by Dr. Gilbert, to whom it was let in 1856. It has been mown for hay every year from the commencement; and in the present pamphlet Sir J. B. Lawes gives full particulars as to the economical results, the constituents supplied in the manures and removed in the crops, the changes within the soil in the formation of the meadow, and the botany of the meadow. The following are his summary and general conclusions:—
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A Field Laid Down to Permanent Grass. Nature 41, 229 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041229a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/041229a0