AUG.] LAYING DOWN LAND TO GRASS. 4 4Q 



Seeds. Sul'stilutes. 



c, - 3 pecks. Yorkshire white. 



f ;nl, - 3 do. Timothy. 4lb. 



Yarrow, - 2 do. CW-grass, 5 Ib, 



Sand. 



White clover, ? Ib. 

 Ta-foil, 5 Ib. 



Burntt, - 61b. 



Ray, 1 peck. 



Yarrow, i bush. Ray, 1 peck ; Rib, 4 Ib. 



Chalk. 



Burnet, - 10 Ib. 

 Trefoil, 5 Ib. 



White clover, 5 Ib. 

 Yarrow, - i bush. Kay, l bush, 



Peat. 



But here I must observe generally, that if the 

 Jand, thus laid to grass, be intended for sheep, 

 it is not an object of very great consequence 

 to sow only the finer grasses; as close feeding, 

 after the first year, will make any grass named 

 in these lists fine, and sweet, and productive ; 

 but this effect depends altogether on its being con- 

 stantly fed close ; that is, all seed stems being pre- 

 vented from rising. Every good fanner is sensible 

 of the necessity of this with ray-grass ; but most 



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