ENGLISH AGRICULTURE. 215 



With reference to the after treatment of pastures, perhaps 

 the best after treatment that I can suggest is to let them 

 grow without check in the spring of the year. Do not stock 

 them ; because as the stem develops upwards the root 

 develops downwards, and the young plants spread without 

 check and cover the whole surface. Many people cut the 

 grass and make hay the first season, but the better plan is to 

 turn cattle in when the crop is fit to mow. I believe we shall 

 obtain a pasture if we do this. Turn the bullocks in, and let 

 them trample it down or eat it let them for once be knee- 

 deep in grass. This may appear somewhat wasteful, and be 

 rather expensive, but we shall get a pasture, and there is no 

 great waste, as we can eat it down bare by and by. If the 

 bullocks do not finish it, the horses and sheep will eat it 

 down close before winter. Ground managed in this way is 

 not unlikely to produce in a short time an excellent permanent 

 pasture. 



