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ON DRESSING GRASS LAND. 



rolled linrd, and then harrowed twice or thrice leng'thwajs ; 

 and, lastly, twice or thrice across the ploug'hing- — and the 

 soil shoidd by that time be pretty well torn to pieces. 

 Let the land be then again rolled, and ploug'hed G inches 

 deep across the former ploug-hing-. This will bring- up the 

 3 inches of fast land below the ashes, and bury those 3 

 which had been on the surface ; the ashes, as before, be- 

 ing* between them, or 3 inches deep in the g-roimd. If the 

 same succession of rolling's and harrowings be again re- 

 peated, the land will be ready for that drilling- up at 

 intervals of about 2G inches, which jtrejjares it for the seed. 

 The additional cost in preparing- turf land for the seed, m-a}' 

 fairly be put at 30.y, per acre over the cost of preparing- 

 arable land. In ordinary seasons, a large extent of grass 

 land may thus be broken uj) in one season, half of it being- 

 g-ot ready for a crop of Swedish, and the other half for a crop 

 of common turnips. — M. S. 



Agricultural Gazette, Oct. 3rd, 184G. 



Art. LXL— on DRESSING GRASS LAND. 

 By Mr. J. Smith. 



The following; remarks may, perhaps, be useful both to 

 those who are inclined to try the effects of artificial manures, 

 especially guano, and to those v/ho have done so. I have 

 tinder my charg-e a hundred acres of g-rass land, in very 

 poor condition ; and as my employer is likely to be in pos- 

 session of it for several years, of course the sooner it can be 

 improved the long-er time he will have to reap the benefit. 

 Parm-yard manure cannot be got here without costing- twice 

 its value for carriage ; and therefore I thoug-ht something- 

 less ex})ensive and easier to be g-ot at, would better suit my 

 purpose. Some of my friends recommended a dressing- of 

 marl, there being- plenty on the estate ; others soot ; others 

 salt, itc. : but I was rather doubtful of the efficacy of some 

 of these. I thought it advisable to try a small quantity of 

 each as an experiment for the first year, and I selected a 

 piece of ground as nearly as possible equal in quality, which 

 I divided into quarters of acres. To have the pieces as near 

 each other as possible, I lined them off at half a chain in 



