On the Manuring of Grass Land. 



23J 



The connexion of this with manuring is obvious. Late ma- 

 nuring compels us to wait until July for a crop, and we thus 

 have but that season wherein to mow, and if that be wet we 

 must submit to all its baneful influences. Early manuring, on 

 the contrary, pushes forward the crop and leaves us a choice of 

 three weeks or a month more, during which an attentive farmer 

 in the average of seasons will always tind a favourable week to 

 get his hay without rain. One process enables the farmer to 

 direct his operations ; the other makes him and his work the 

 sport of chance. It is not necessary to state which ought to be 

 preferred. 



3Ieau r.-iinfall at 



Greenwich 



for 25 years. 



Indies. 



In May li'Ol 



June 1-91 



Xiimber of 

 I'.ahiy Days. 



July 



■41 



15-8 

 11-8 

 16-1 



The following are strongly recommended as the best meadow 

 and pasture grasses, and are nov/ sown by the best cultivators 

 when improving old or laying down new grass. I omit the bo- 

 tanical names and characters, that attention may be fixed upon 

 the one point, their time of Jiowerinrf : — 



This table proves distinctly that we are not able to lengthen 

 the period of growth without a material sacrifice of quality, and 



