Cultivation of Arable Land. Grafs-Seeds Proportion of neceffary^ 335 



In refpedl to the proportion of feed that may be the mod proper and advan 

 tageous under different c ire urn (lances, it muft depend in a great meafure vpon the 

 nature of the foil, the fituation of the land, the (late of preparation to which it has 

 been brought, and the intentions of the cultivator in its application. But old til 

 lage lands will in general require a much larger proportion of feed than thofc 

 which have been more recently broken up.* Cold expofed fituations alfo (land in 

 need of a greater quantity of feed than thofe that are low and warm; and where 

 the lands are defigned for pafture a larger proportion than where hay is the prin 

 cipal obj eel:. 



Clayey Soils. On thefe fome advife the following proportions as the moft pro 

 per : Marl or Cow Grafs, fibs.; Trefoil, fibs. ; Crefted Dog s-tail Grafs, iolbs. ; 

 Meadow Fefcue Grafs, one bufhel ; Meadow Fox-tail Grafs, one bufhel. And 

 where the three laft cannot be procured, Meadow Soft Grafs, or Yorkfhire White, 

 twobufhels; Meadow Cat s-tail or Timothy Grafs, 4lbs. : or Meadow Cat s- 

 tail or Timothy Grafs, 4lbs. ; and Yorkfhire White, one bufhel. f 



Others recommend, on the heavy forts of lands that are to be broken up in a 

 year or two, from ten to fourteen pounds of red clover; but where they are to 

 remain in permanent grafs, Marl or Cow Grafs from 4lb$. to 61bs., and White 

 Clover 4lbs. J 



Loamy Soils.*- Thefe are fuppofed to require the following proportions by fome 

 experienced cultivators: White Clover, fibs. ; Crefted Dog s-tail, jolbs. ; Ray 

 Grafs, one peck ; Meadow Fefcue Grafs, three pecks; Meadow Fox-tail, three 

 pecks ; Yarrow, two pecks. Or where the fecond cannot be had, Ray Grafs, one 

 peck ; Rib Grafs, 4lbs. ; and in the room of the laft three, Meadow Soft Grafs, 

 or Yorkfhire White, half a bufhel ; Meadow Cat s-tail or Timothy Grafs, 4lbs. ; 

 Marl or Cow Grafs, fibs.} 



There are others, however, that advife, on all dry foils, White Clover, 4lbs. ; 

 Marl or Cow Grafs, from 4 to 61bs. ; and of Hop or Yellow Clover, from 2 to 

 4lbs. And for permanent pafture it is the practice of an intelligent farmer in 

 Dcvonfhire to fow White Clover, Marl or Cow Grafs, and Hop or Yellow Clover 

 in the quantity of each from 61b. to 7lbs. with the beft Ray Grafs, in the propor 

 tion of one bufhel. In this method a conftant fucceffion of food is fuppofed to 

 be preferved for five or fix months in the year ; as the Hop Clover and Rye Grafs 

 flourifh in the early part of the fpring, the Marl or Cow Grafs being in perfection 



* Sir John Sinclair in Communications to the Board, &c. vol. III. 

 I Young in CommoBtcirtMM to the Board, c. vol. III. + Ibid. ^ Ibid. 



