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quantities than in grain crops, and no adequate 

 return has been made. No farmer would 

 expect a crop from his arable land without 

 manure, yet the pastures are generally con- 

 sidered to receive quite sufficient manure from 

 the animal droppings. The consequence of this 

 starvation is seen in the prevalence of coarse 

 grasses and weeds, with not half the feeding 

 qualities of the rich nutritious grasses and 

 clovers that are to be obtained from the same 

 land when rationally manured. Experiments 

 have proved that the produce of our permanent 

 grass-lands can be doubled by systematic up- 

 to-date manuring. 



There are more than twelve million acres of 

 such land, not including mountain and heath 

 land, in Great Britain ! 



It must not be expected that poor, neglected 

 pastures can stand more than a moderate outlay 

 for manures, at any rate at first, but it has been 

 demonstrated over and over again that the 

 judicious expenditure of a few shillings per acre 

 results in undoubted profit. 



The application of phosphates alone (super- 

 phosphate) or with the addition of potash 

 (potassic superphosphate) to such pastures is 

 often all that is required to bring about a 

 marvellous improvement in the character and 

 luxuriance of the herbage, which is of increased 

 feeding and fattening value, and enables a 

 much larger number of cattle and sheep to be 

 effectively grazed on the same acreage. 



Professor Hedworth Foulkes, of the Harper- 



