HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES. 97 



position, and judgment of our seedsman on the one 

 hand, and he prepared to go to such, and so pay a 

 fair price, on the other. 



Wo will now suppose that the seed has come up 

 regularly, and so must describe the after-treatment. 

 In the first year it will he all-important to look after 

 Aveeds : should these make their appearance, it will 

 he well to hoe or spud them out at once before they 

 can seed, as then the grass will not only have a 

 better chance, but little provision will be left for 

 weed-continuance. 



In the following winter, say about January, if 

 the weather will suit, a slight but even dressing 

 of not over-rotten manure will act as a protection 

 to the youug plants, and provide food for their spring 

 growth by its gradual decomposition and mixing 

 with the soil. 



Towards the latter end of February, or early in 

 March, bush-harrowing should be employed to break 

 up and disseminate the manure, and then the roller 

 should be actively used to consolidate the whole ; 

 and, if the grasses have at all thrown out, the 

 croskill will prove a most efficient implement. In 

 the following May we should stock with sheep 

 just thick enough to prevent any extent of seeding ; 

 and if the next year should show vacant spaces, 

 which it would be likely to do from failure or wire- 

 worm (the latter will be less than when corn is 

 grown), we must re-sow, mixing our seeds with a 

 little mixed guano and soot. 



These, then, are some of the simple rules upon 

 which to act in growing a permanent pasture ; and 

 the more rigidly they are kept to at first, the sooner 

 and the more perfect will our meadow assume the 

 aspect we should desire for permanency. 



