Cultivation of Graft LamL Removing Mo ft Utility of Sward-dre/fer. 415 



fome meafure prevented. After fuch harrowings have been performed, fome have 

 recommended it as an advantageous practice Co fow grafs feeds, and especially 

 white clover, over the furface.* 



This bu find s may be accomplifhed in a more eafy and effectual manner on 

 meadow land, whether mown or pailurcd, by being fcarifted and drefied \virh the 

 fward-dreffer, from about the middle of February to the middle of the following 

 month. In common, d re fling the land in one direction may be fufficient ; but 

 where the fward is much infcfted with the mofiy material, or of an adhetive qua 

 lity, it is better to have it done in different directions, being afterwards cleaned 

 and rolled. And in order to thicken the fward where it is thin, it is recommended 

 to lay eight or ten tons of rotten dung on per acre, fpreading it very evenly, and 

 then fowing over it, as in the former cafe, a mixture of feven pounds of white 

 clover, four pounds of wild or cow clover, with four pounds each of trefoil and 

 rib grafs, and one peck of the bed rye grafs, before it is bum harrowed. | 



It has likewife been remarked that by the practice of fcarifying, the burthen of 

 hay is greatly increafed by having the furface loofened fo as to give the roots the 

 power of a new vegetation, as the fault of mod paftures or grafs lands is their 

 being quite bound and hard, which is of courfe increafed by rolling. Much 

 improvement is fuppofedin many cafes to be thus effected, and that vaft utility is 

 produced, where it precedes the application of manure, as without it difficulty i$ 

 experienced in getting it below the furface for the fupport of the roots of the 

 grafs plants : but after fuch fcarifyings it comes at once in contact with the roots, 

 confequently a much lefs quantity may be fufHcient, than where employed in the 

 ufual method ..j; 



Sticks. As fmall portions of rotten or other forts of flicks are frequently difperf- 

 cd over the furface of grafs lands, from the hedges and trees, by the winds, or left 

 by the hedgers during the winter feafon, they mould conftantly be raked together or 

 picked up, and conveyed from the land at the time the ground is fliut up for hay : 

 as, where this is neglected, they afford much obftruction to the fey the, and render 

 the Work incapable of being performed in a complete manner. 



Stones. The removal of thefe is equally neceffary with thofe of flicks,, as they are 

 not lefs injurious in impeding the progrefs of the mower: the practice of fuffering fuch 

 forts of materials to remain blended with the manure, and fet upon the lands with 



* Kent s Hints, 

 t Amos s Minutes on Agriculture and Planting. J Young s Calendar of Husbandry, 



