GRASSES. 191 



Mixture for Eocky Hills. 



Pounds. Pounils. 



Perennial rye grass 6 Timothy ^ 6 



Wood meadow grass 3 Red fescue 4 



Crested dog's tail 3 Fall oat 2 



Meadow soft^grass 2 Red top 2 



Rough stalked meadow 2 White clover 8 



Common spear grass 2 Orchard grass 3 



Mixture for Marshy or overflowed G-rounds. 



Pounds. Pcunds. 



Rough Stalked meadow grass .... 3 Fiorin 3 



Reed canary grass 4 Timothy 4 



Fowl meadow grass 5 Tall fescue 4 



Manna grass 5 White clover 4 



Mixture for Peaty Lands; (xeclaimed). 



Pounds. Pounds. 



White top 2 Meadow Foxtail 2 



Red top 2 Italian rye grass 4 



Timothy 10 Perennial rye grass 5 



White clover 4 Red canary grass 3 



Fowl meadow 4 Rough stalked meadow 3 



We earnestly recommend the above mixtures to the con- 

 sideration of farmers. Of course they can be varied indefi- 

 nitely, as circumstances may demand, but the principle on 

 ■which they are based should never be forgotten. Sow such a 

 mixture of seeds, and in such quantities, that they will take 

 complete possession of the land, leaving no room for the 

 inferior grasses and noxious weeds, which will otherwise surely 

 occupy their place, and reduce the value of the crops. 



The following shows the number of pounds to the peck, of 

 the previously mentioned seeds. Timothy, eleven; clover, six- 

 teen ; orchard grass, three ; red top, three. The fescues, three 

 and a half ; meadow foxtail, one and a quarter; vernal grass, 

 one and a half; fall oat grass, one and three quarters; meadow 

 soft grass, one and three quarters ; Italian rye grass, three and 



