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soil and the kind of stock to be grazed, that no definite list can 

 be LMVi-n that would be suitable everywhere. The permanency of 

 pastures depends even more upon the good management they receive 

 than upon any other circumstance, for the best pastures will succumb 

 if gra/ed bare in hot weather; and, therefore, the only sure policy is 

 to IISP the paddocks alternately, so that each may have time to 

 recuperate while the others are being grazed. In soils that are not 

 very rich, it is advisable to top-dress the ground with manure the 

 following spring after sowing. Natural pastures may be improved 

 to a certain extent by sowing grass seeds and harrowing them in, 

 without the ground being prepared ; but the benefit to be derived is 

 seldom commensurate with the expenses incurred. 



CRESTED DOGSTAIL (Cynosunis cristatns). Perennial ; height, i 

 to ii feet. A valuable tine short grass. It forms a close, dense 

 turf ~of graceful nutritive herbage, and is little affected by extremes 

 of weather. Stock of all kinds, especially sheep, are very fond of 

 it, until it commences to ripen, when it becomes wiry. On account 

 of its close-growing habit and evergreen foliage, it is particularly 

 valuable for lawns, tennis-grounds, &c., and other places kept 

 under by the scythe. It succeeds well in Gippslancl, and is a 

 capital winter grass. From 3 to 6 Ibs. per acre may be sown along 

 with other grasses. The late Dr. Schomburg, of Adelaide, in one 

 of his reports on his experimental grass plots during the continued 

 drought of the eighties, states : "The drought had no effect on 

 crested dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus). All stock are fond of it, and 

 it forms a close sward." 



HARD FESCUE (Festuca duriuscida). Perennial ; height, i^feet. 

 A dwarf-growing, hardy, and robust grass. It is one of the 

 most valuable and important of the fescue tribe of pasture grasses. 

 It retains its verdure during continued drought in a very remarkable 

 manner, and is one of the best of pasture grasses. All kinds of 

 stock eat it with avidity, but especially sheep, which always thrive 

 well on the succulent herbage it produces. From the fineness of 

 its foliage and evergreen appearance during winter, it is eminently 

 adapted for sowing in parks and .ornamental grounds. Sow (if 

 alone) 40 Ibs. to the acre. 



RIB GRASS (Planiago lanceolata). Perennial ; height, J foot. 

 Is one of the best-known of our grasses, and holds a place in almost 

 every pasture. Its root is perennial ; its leaves are numerous, 

 lanceolate acute, tapering towards both ends, spreading or 

 prostrate, and of a deep green color, and they stand upon broad, 

 flat, ribbed footstalks, and are accompanied at their insertion with 

 large tufts of soft, white, woolly fibres. It produces its foliage at 

 an early period of the year, and is readily eaten by cattle, sheep, 

 and horses, and is therefore to be recommended as an ingredient in 

 all mixtures for spring and summer pasturage. Sow with other 

 grasses, 2 Ibs. to the acre. 



