ABOUT FKUITS, FLOWERS AND FARMING. 



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sown for pasturage. The orchard grass is one of our most 

 valuable ; for hay it may be inferior to timothy ; but it is 

 decidedly supferior to it for pasturage. Colonel Powell, of 

 Pennsylvania, after growing it ten years, declares that it 

 produces more pasturage than any cultivated grass he has 

 even seen in America. It should be spread on a floor and 

 sprinkled with water a day or two before sowing, it being 

 very light, not weighing more than twelve or fourteen 

 pounds to the bushel. 



The following table exhibits the quantity of seed, by 

 tceight, and also on the three kinds of soil : 



FOE PERMANENT PASTURE, PER IMPERIAL ACRE. 



There is a very great difference of opinion respecting the 

 quantity of seed to be sown to an acre. There can be no 

 doubt that the question is to be settled by the character 

 of the soil and climate. In soils and under circumstances 

 where every seed will vegetate and grow off with unob- 

 structed vigor, less seed is needed than where a part will 

 be taken by frosts, a part by drenching rains which are not 

 well drained off, and a part by severe drought. Every 

 farmer must employ his best judgment in this matter ; but, 



