CWXTURE OF ARTIFICrAL BRASSES. iO@ 



For an acre of loam, of white clover, five pounds ; dogr's tail, 

 ten do.; ray, one peck ; fescue, three do. ; and of yarrow, two 

 ditto. 



For an acre of sand, of white clover, seven pounds; trefoil, 



five do. ; burnet, six do. ; ray, one peck, and yarrow, one bushel! 



Mr. Tallet directs that for an acre of such dry light soil as is 



adapted to the culture of turnips, the following proportions of 



seed be given: 



Of smooth stalked poa or meadow grass, six quarts; ray 

 grass, four do. ; dog's tail, six do. ; yellow oat grass, four do. j 

 cock's foot, two do. ; vernal grasy, one do. ; cow grass, three 

 do.; white clover, two do. ; rib grass, two do.; and of yarrow, 

 two do. 



Again, for such soil as is of the moister kind of upland, he al- 

 lows for an acre, of fox tail, six quarts; rough stalked poa, six 

 do. ; vernal grass, one do.; cow grass, three do. ; white clover, 

 two do. ; rib grass, two do. ; and of rib, two do. 



When the water lies longer, he uirects the composition to be 

 as follows : 



Of rough stalked poa, two pecks ; fox tail, two do. ; meadow 

 tescue, two do. ; flote foxtail, three quarts ; and of flote fescue, 

 tour do. ; and tor situations still more wet, the following- Of 

 rough stalked poa, two pecks ; fox tail, two do. ; ilote fox tail, 

 one do.; and of flote fescue, one do. The above are given 

 merely as specimens of the quantities of seeds advised to be 

 apportioned to dirferent soils and of the several kinds which 

 are deemed most suitable, in Great Britain. It does not follow 

 that the same sorts of grasses and the same proportions and 

 quantities of the seeds of each would here be iound most pro- 

 per in similar soils : as our summers are warmer and our atmos- 

 phere less moist than theirs. These are matters which are 

 proper subjects of inquiry with the experimental farmer It is 

 believed that the British farmers and graziers give their grounds 

 more seed than will generally be necessary in this country 



VVhat IS usually termed meadow land has been ever consid 

 ered as almost an indispensible appendage to a farm ; and with- 

 out a proportion of such land the farmer supposes he cannot 

 procure a suitable supply of hay ; but although such meadow 

 land seldom fads of producmg a crop of hay, yet the quality of 

 such hay IS vastly inferior to that produced by cultivation ; Ind 

 even the quantity too is often much less ; and the land totally 

 lost to the production of any other crop. On what is called 

 good natural meadow you may often find ten or tjvelve differ- 

 ent species of grass within the compass of a few rods square 



