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Too much observance cannot be taken of the fact 

 that in a pasture of mixed grasses the better relished 

 sorts are seldom allowed to evidence themselves, so close- 

 ly do stock graze them. These are the grasses that sus- 

 tain the good carrying capacity of the land, whatever it 

 may be. For example, in one paddock under notice, 

 where timothy and foxtail were sown liberally, the stock 

 never allowed a plant to run to seed, but in a fenced-off 

 part, which they could not reach, the plants leafed and 

 seeded luxuriantly. It should not be difficult for any 

 grazier to allot a small area of ground for such observa- 

 tions, and it would certainly be the means of adding 

 very much to his knowledge of grasses and the land, and 

 give him the superior practical acquaintance that seems 

 so essential in the consideration of grasses, more so than 

 on any other subject appertaining to farming in pastoral 

 Australasia. While soils and climate* vary, it is not 

 feasible to expect that the subject of grassing can in any 

 ways be reduced theoretically to a defined theme. 



