Cultivation of Grafs Land. Application of Manure, on Hay L r&amp;gt;nls. 4:5 



furface of grafs lands, but in general thofe of the more rich clung kinds will he the 

 rnoft fuitable for the older forts of fward land ; and dung in compofition with fr:fli 

 vegetable earthy fubfrances the more ufeful in the new lays or grafs Kinds, as by this 

 means a fine vegetable foil will be prepared for the roots of the grafs plants ro (hoot 

 and fpread themfelves into, and confequently a better fward formed. But the mofl 

 fuitable forts of applications in thefe cafes have been defcribed in confidering the 

 mofl proper management of fuch lands as have been newly laid down to grafs. 



In this diftrict, where grafs hufbandry begins to be tolerably well underftood, 

 it is the practice of the beft farmers to prefer the richefl dung they can procure, 

 and fcldomto mix it with any fort of earthy material, as they find it to anfwer the 

 bed in refpect to the quantity of produce, which is the principal object in view ; 

 the cultivators depending chiefly on the fale of their hay in the London markets. 

 The lands on which this practice is purfued are moftly fuch as have been under 

 the ftate of fward a confiderable length of time, and the foils chiefly of the more 

 tenacious, loamy or clayey kinds. There cannot, however, be any doubt, but that 

 earthy comports in the proportion of a third or fourth may in many cafes, accor 

 ding to the nature and circumftances of the land, be applied with great and very 

 beneficial effects, both in rendering the land more fertile and productive, and in 

 bringing the herbage into a better (late, as well as for improving the furface for ther 

 fcythe. The forts of fubftances that may be the moft beneficially employed in 

 this way have been fully defcribed in fpeaking of manures. 



But, whatever the material may be that is employed in compoft with dung, or 

 the nature of the manure, they mould invariably be brought into a confiderable 

 degree of reduction. It is the practice in 1 this diftrict to turn over the dung that is 

 brought from London in a tolerable flate of rottennefs, once chopping it well down 

 in the operation fo as to be in a middling ftate of finenefs when put upon the land. 

 It is neceflary, however, that it fhould be in a more rotten and reduced ftate when 

 applied in the fpring than when the autumn is cholen for the purpofe.* 



The proportion of manure that is neccffary muft in a great meafure depend up 

 on thie circumftances of the land, and the facility of procuring it. It mould in 

 general be fuch as to afford a good covering to the whole furface of the ground. In 

 this diftrict, where the manure is of a very good and enriching quality from its 

 being produced in (tables and other places, where animals are highly fed, the quan 

 tity is ufually from four or five to fix or fevcn loads on the acre, fuch as are drawn* 



* Se&ion on Manure,- 



