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the manure. Now greensward land, where a' good 

 crop of grass has been ploughed in, is situated much like 

 the last described : something is wanted in the hill to 

 enable the corn to take advantage of the other matter. 



There is another reason Avhy plaster may sometimes 

 operate better on greensward than on old ground. 

 Greensward is more liable to suffer for the want of suf- 

 ficient moisture ; and one of the modes in which plaster 

 operates is to draw moisture from the atmosphere. 



Much depends on the right mode of using manures 

 and plaster. If corn has been manured in the hill, 

 and not otherwise, it might prove injurious to the crop 

 to stimulate it too much in the fore port of the season, 

 by any means whatever. It might be top-heavy ; we 

 might have more stalks than corn. The same may be 

 said of potatoes. 



COARSE MEADOW-GRASS. 



Though there is plenty of grass this season, none 

 should be lost. We notice that some farmers neglect to 

 cut their coarsest meadows when th^y think they have 

 a supply of better hay for their stock. This is waste. 

 It is much easier to make manure than to purchase it ; 

 and all the coarse grass, Vv'hether in the fields or in the 

 pastures, should be gathered and put into the barns or 

 into stacks. It sometimes happens we are short of hay 

 in the spring, and we are never more likely to be so 

 than when we were confident of a good supply in 

 the fall. 



This coarse hay will often serve a good turn in the 

 spring when cattle are short of grass ; but, in any 

 event, it is exceedingly valuable as litter for horses and 

 for neat stock. It multiplies manure while it makes a 

 comfortable bed for them, and none of it should be 

 suffered to wither away in the field. 



