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tures with weeds, or bad and improper grasses, wlien 

 by making a right choice, afterjsome trials, he might 

 be sure of the best grass, and in the greatest abund- 

 ance that his land admits of. 



Whether raising seeds for his own use or for sale 

 to seedsmen, too much particularity cannot be ob- 

 served by the Farmer. How often have farmers taken 

 seeds indiscriminately from their own hay lofts and 

 barn floors, or sent to their neighbors for a supply, 

 by which means, besides a certain mixture of all sorts 

 of rubbish (which must necessarily happen,) if 

 he chance to have a large proportion of good 

 seeds, it is not unlikely but that which he intends for 

 dry land may come from moist, where it grew natu- 

 rally, and the contrary'. 



The principal seedsmen of our large cities who 

 purchase their supplies from farmers, have too much 

 respect for their own and the characters of their res- 

 pective establishments, to sell, knowingly, worthless 

 or defective seeds, consequently the blame must rest 

 on the seed grower who furnishes other than the 

 choicest and most valuable seeds to them. 



Grasses of the best kind cannot be collected at too 

 great an expense. If a farmer would be at the pains 

 of separating a pint of the different kinds of grass 

 seeds, and take care to sow them separately he would 

 have wherewith in a very little time to stock his 

 farm properly, according to the nature of each 

 soil, and might at the same time, spread these seeds 

 distinctly over the country by supplying the seeds- 

 men. 



As a mixture tor rich and superior soils, I have se- 

 lected the following grasses as being superior to all 

 others in nutritive qualities, early growth, produce, 



