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troyed, and will ultimately find its way to the ground and 

 come up. In Putnam county it was not usual to fence the' 

 ground until after the grass came up. For the first year 

 after being enclosed, no stock wei-e allowed to go upon it 

 but it was permitted to seed. After that, it required no fur- 

 ther attention. 



There were two varieties of red clover — the common red 

 and the winter. The latter starts to grow later in the spring, 

 and bears its seed the first crop. It is better on these ac- 

 counts to mix with timothy for meadows. The English blue 

 grass mixed with clover made a good meadow, for the former' 

 held the latter up. The timothy is usually sown in the spring 

 upon the oats field. 



The best soil for grass was indicated by the growth of 

 trees. Potash trees, as the sugar, will show where grass will 

 grow luxuriantly. In the south where such trees do not 

 grow, there are found no grasses. The expense of putting 

 in wood-land pastures was small — the girdling of the trees, 

 cutting down the saplings and the cost of the seed and sow- 

 ing it, did not exceed $1 70 cents per acre. 



Mr. Murray remarked that as it was now nine o'clock^' 

 and much yet remained to be said on other parts of the ques- 

 tion, not yet alluded to, he moved that the same subject be 

 ••ontinued for discussion at our next meeting. 



Which motion carried. 



When the meeting adjourned. 



Ffbruary 7, 1852. 



Mr. Brady, of Marion, was called to the chair. 



The question discussed was the same as at the last meeting 

 — the different grasses for pastures and meadow, the best 

 modes of putting in the seed and of curing the grasses for 

 hay. 



