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Method of preparing and inocidating Land for permanent 

 pasture^ by John Blomfield^ of f Far ham, Norfolk, 

 Communicated in a letter to James Mease, M. D, dated 



July ISthy 1821. 



'* I SHALL now give you the method of preparing 

 and inoculating land for permanent pasture. 



The spot intended for pasture should previously be 

 well summer-fallowed, for one whole year, that it may 

 be perfectly clear from weeds, or whatever may obstruct 

 the growth of the grasses. Then choose the very best 

 piece of old pasture, the older the better, which contains 

 the most natural grasses, but suited to the soil, on which 

 they are to be transplanted. The transplanting may be 

 done any time during the winter, but the earlier the bet- 

 ter, as the pasture will be so much the forwarder in the 

 spring. Plough up the old pasture in furrows of six 

 inches in width, and not more than three inches in thick- 

 ness, but if the turf has to be moved to such a distance 

 as to become expensive, it may be taken as thin as pos- 

 sible. Cart the turf and spread it over the land, cut into 

 pieces of about two or three inches square. Scarify the 

 land twice with the teeth of the scarifier nine inches 

 apart, leaving the surface 



thus, 



when a piece of turf of the size described, is placed at 

 every corner, where the teeth of the scarifier intersect 



