CULTIVATION OF GRASSES. 231 



soils in Great Britain, v/hich will show the quantity and 

 variety of seeds sown to the acre in that country. 



Clayey Soils. Marl or cow-grass, 5 lbs. ; trefoil, 5 lbs. ; 

 crested dog's-tail grass, 10 lbs. ; naeadow fescue-grass, one 

 bushel ; meadow foxtail grass, one bushel. And when 

 the three last cannot be procured, meadow soft-grass, two 

 bushels ; meadow cat's-tail, or timothy, 4 lbs. 



Loamy Soils, White clover, 5 lbs. ; crested dog's- 

 tail, 10 lbs. ; rye-grass, one peck ; meadow fescue-grass, 

 three pecks ; meadow fox-tail, three pecks ; yarrow, two 

 pecks. Or, where the second cannot be had, rye-grass, 

 one peck ; and rib-grass, 4 lbs. And in room of the last 

 three, meadow soft-grass, half a bushel ; timothy grass, 

 4 lbs. ; marl or cow-grass, 5 lbs. 



Sandy Soils. White clover, 7 lbs. ; trefoil, 5 lbs. ; 

 burnet, 6 lbs. ; rye-grass, one peck ; yarrow, one bushel. 

 Or, instead of the last, rib-grass, 4 lbs. ; rye-grass, 1 peck. 



Chalky Soils. Burnet, 10 lbs. ; trefoil, 5 lbs. ; white 

 clover, 5 lbs. ; yarrow, one bushel, or, in its place, rye- 

 grass, one bushel. 



Peaty Soils. White clover, 10 lbs. ; crested dog's- 

 tail grass, 10 lbs. ; rye-grass, one peck ; meadow fox- 

 tail grass, two pecks ; meadow fescue-grass, two pecks ; 

 cat's-tail, or timothy grass, one peck. Or in place of the 

 second, fourth, and fifth, meadow soft-grass, six pecks ; 

 rib-grass, 5 lbs. ; marl or cow-grass, 4 lbs. Our classi- 

 fication embraces — 



I. Grasses best suited to arable lands, and designed to 

 alternate with grain and roots. 



II. Those best adapted for hay or meadows ; and, 



III. Grasses which are most profitably sown for peren- 

 nial pastures. 



I. There are several descriptions of land which are 

 much more profitably employed in tillage than in grass, 

 particularly those that are dry or light, and which have 

 little tendency to produce good herbage. Yet constant 

 cropping with grain would soon exhaust them of fertility, 

 without an expense for manure which few can afford. 

 The system of introducing artificial or sown grasses, after 

 two, three, or four years' tillage, is happily calculated to 



