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GRASS. 



WHEN land which has been under tillage 

 is to be converted into pasture, some skill is 

 required to select such species of grasses in 

 due proportions, as may be best suited to the 

 soil, and consequently afford the greatest quan- 

 tity of produce during the year. The farmer 

 knows from observation, that nature has pro- 

 vided, in all permanent pastures, a mixture of 

 various grasses, the produce of which differs at 

 different seasons ; and his object should be to 

 imitate nature in this department of his busi- 

 ness. Many of my city friends, when on a 

 visit in the country, have thought the blades of 

 grass, constituting the sward under their feet, 

 to be so nearly alike, as not to require the par- 



