Cultivation of Graft Land^J&ujh-Hftrxowing* Rolling of, 427 



way hill-fteads will not however be formed, and, of courfe, the difad vantage of their 

 getting too large a proportion of the manure prevented.* 



Bujb- barrow ing. When the whole has been fpread out, and remained in that 

 (late for a fortnight or three weeks, or longer, according to circumftances, and 

 the whole is become in fome degree dry and pulverizable, a bum-harrow mould 

 be palled over the furface once or twice in a place, as may be neceflary, in order 

 to reduce the manure into a finer Hate, and apply it more fully to the roots of the 

 graffes. This operation, like that of fpreading, mould never be attempted when 

 the feafon is wet and the manure in a cloggy adhefive ftate. When this work has 

 been finifhed, all the rubbifh of every kind fhould be carefully picked off, in order 

 that the ground may receive the impreffion of the roller. 



Rolling Grafs- Land. This is a procefs that is of confiderable utility in the ma 

 nagement of grafs lands, efpecially fuch as are under the fey the, as without it they 

 are often liable to become hilly and uneven, as well as the grafs in fome cafes to 

 become tuffocky, or rife in large tufts. The impreffion of the roller not only ren 

 ders the furface more fine and level, but at the fame time induces the grafs plants 

 to fpread more laterally, and in that way to form a better and more clofe fward. 

 Its importance on new laid down grafs lands is therefore extremely obvious: as it 

 muft be highly ferviceable in thefe different intentions. The worm-cafts are by 

 this means reduced and brought into order, by which means the mowing can be 

 performed with greater facility and in a clofer manner. Befides, it may be ufeful 

 in other views, as by prefling the mould, as well as the manure, more clofely round 

 the roots of the grafs plants ; and in confequence of fuch means they may not only 

 be better eftablifhed in the foil, and their vigorous growth more effectually pro 

 moted, but, from the moifture being more fully preferved in the ground, be in lefs 

 danger of injury from the effects of heat in the fummer months, and of courfe better 

 crops be afforded. 



On grafs land the work of rolling may be advantageoufiy performed at different 

 feafons, as in the beginning of the autumn and in the commencement of the year, 

 or the very early fpring months ; but the latter is the moft common period. But 

 in order to its being executed with the greatcft poflible benefit, a time fhould always 

 be chofen, if poflible, when the ground is in a fuitable ftate for receiving the im 

 preffion of the implement. In the drier defcriptions of land it may frequently be 

 performed in the moft beneficial manner after the land has been rendered a little 



* Marshall s Midland Counties, vol. II, 

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