88 CULTIVATED GRASSES. n. 



can confider this advantage as a full compen- 

 fation for the lofs of at lead ten years crops. 



Of late years, the art of leying land to grafs 

 has, in this Diftrict, made rapid ftrides to- 

 ward perfection. 



In the CHOICE OF HERBAGE, judicious huf- 

 bandmen are guided by the nature of the foil 

 to be fwarded. On the fouthern height a 

 calcareous foil, SAINTFOIN, is cultivated as a 

 perennial ley. In the Vale, where the foils 

 are non-calcareous, a MIXTURE of graffes are 

 cultivated for that purpofe. 



Formerly, " HAY-SEEDS" were in high 

 eftimation, and they have ft ill fome few advo- 

 cates left. They confiil either of a collection 

 of graffes and weeds as collected from the 

 hay-loft, or a lefs foul felectlon of the 

 MEADOW SOFT GRASS, which is cultivatad 

 feparately, and thrafhed as corn for its feeds. 

 But this is far from being an eligible grafs 

 for cultivation, and is now entirely exploded 

 by judicious hufbandmen ; among whom 

 RYE-GRASS has at length grown into due efti- 

 mation ; and has very properly fupplanted in 

 their efteem the whole tribe of hay-feeds *. 



RYE- 



The growers of the feeds of the foft grafs are the 

 only perfons who have profited by its cultivation. 

 Eighty buftiels an acre have been produced. 



