MIXTURES FOR PERMANENT PASTURES. 135 



A return from Durham — soil a loam, portions of it light, 

 with some clay — gives as the mixture for permanent pasture 

 per acre : — 



3 pks. perennial rye-grass. 

 13 lbs. wliite clover. 



10 " trefoil. 



4 " alsike. 



6 " cow-grass. 



3 " red clover. 



1 " crested dog's-tail. 



1 " cock's-foot (orchard-grass). 



1 " sweet-scented vernal. 



1 " meadow foxtail. 



1 " hard fescue. 



1 " smooth-stalked meadow-grass (June grass). 



In Cheshire the following mixture is used per acre : — 

 I" bush, cock's-foot (orchard-grass). 

 |- " meadow foxtail. 

 ^ " perennial rye-grass. 



1 " meadow-fescue. 

 2|- lbs. sweet vernal. 



4 " June grass. 



3 " white clover. 



2 " trefoil. 



2 " Timothy. 

 1|^ " cow-grass. 



The practice on the estates of the Earl of Powis, on stiff 

 soils, is to sow — 



4 lbs. crested dog's-tail. 



