MANAGEMENT OF MEADOWS AND PASTURES. ]Q1 



of diffusing the labors of hay-making over a longer period by- 

 stocking different meadows with varieties coming into flower at 

 successive periods of time. 



The arrangement aud classification of the grasses with reference 

 to the soils which are suited to them cannot be completed in the 

 present state of our knowledge, but as a nucleus for experimental 

 trials I venture to offer the following table which you can improve 

 and enlarge as experience shall dictate from time to time : 



For light, sandy land and mowing in June. Orchard grass, Red 

 clover, Annual spear grass, Kentucky blue grass, and Meadow 

 fox-tail. 



For clayey or calcareous loams and mowing in July. Timothy, 

 Red-top, Crested dog's-tail, Tall fescue, Italian rye grass, Perren- 

 nial rye grass. 



For clayey lands and mowing in August. Wire grass, (Poa com- 

 pressa,) and fowl meadow, (Poa serotina,) hairy brome grass. 



For dry gravelly soils. Agrostis vulgaris, (red-top,) Arrhena- 

 therum avenaceum, (tall oat grass,) Holcus mollis, (soft grass,) 

 Poa pratensis, (Kentucky blue grass,) Festuca rubra, (red fescue.) 



For blowing sands. Deposit turf at regular and short intervals 

 and between them sow the seeds of Ammophila arundinacea and 

 Elymus arenarius, by mixing them with clay attached to small 

 pieces of straw rope and dibbling tbem into the sand ; for wbich 

 purpose from fifteen to twenty pounds per acre will be sufficient. 

 To prevent the encroachments of sands, dibble in the plants of the 

 ammophila at short intervals making a bed in front of the advanc- 

 ing sands from twenty to one hundred yards width according to 

 the circumstances. 



For marshy grounds and those occasionally overflowed. Agrostis 

 stolonifera, Festuca elatior, F. loliacea, Glyceria aquatica, Glyceria 

 fiuitans, Phalaris arundinacea, Poa trivialis, Lotus major. 



For pasture in orchards and other shady jjlaces. Anthoxanthum 

 odoratum, (sweet vernal,) Daetylis glomerata, (orchard grass,) 

 Festuca duriuncula, F. elatior, Lolium italicum, Lolium perrenne, 

 (perrennial rye grass,) Milium effusam, Poa nemoralis, Poa trivi- 

 alis, Trifolium pratense, T. repens. 



For permanent pastures. A lopecurus pratensis, Daetylis glom- 

 erata, Festuca duriuscula, F. elatior, F. pratense, (meadow 

 fescue,) F. rubra, Lolium italicum, Lolium perrenne, Phleum 

 pratense, (timothy, herdsgruss,) Poa nemoralis, P. pratensis, 

 (Kentucky blue grass,) P. trivialis, Agrostis vulgaris, (red-top,) 



