RAY-GRASS. Q.^J 



Jfcs farmers predidted an absolute failure ; I viewed three 

 courses, aqd better crops, of pure red clover, were never 

 gained. He began with ploughing treble the depih of 

 that to which the land had been usually stirred, and he 

 manured very amply Tor every crop ot beans, partly with 

 night soil, from London. In what degree the success 

 arose from depth of tillage, and in what degree from a 

 variation in manuring, cannot be ascertained ; but the ex- 

 periment proved that these agents were equal to the cure 

 of the malady. 



Some farmers in Norfolk, as appears in the Notes upoa 

 Tillage, have moved out of the common sphere, and ven- 

 tured to plough deeper than their predecessors ; nor have 

 they found any inconvenience in so doing. It merits con- 

 sideration, whether this practice will not prove in some 

 measure a remedy to the failure of clover. As to ma- 

 nuring, and especially in great variations, the means are 

 generally limited, and a change in this respefl, however 

 desirable, is rarely in their power. 



The only effeiftive remedy hitherto practised, is tl)at of 

 omitting clover altogether, for one or two rounds, which 

 points out the great importance of introducing as many 

 new artificial grasses as possible. 



RAY-GRASS. 



Mr. Salter, of Winborough, on various loams called 

 heavy, and some are so, sows but little. — f'pl- can't soiv too 

 little ; perhaps none "jjould he better. 



Mr. M. Hill thinks that the common prejudice against 

 ray-grass arises from a mistaken practice; approves the use, 

 hut not the abuse of it. Whenever it is sown for feeding, 

 he particularly recommends the bare feeding in the spring; 

 if sufTered to grow more than two inches long, it will 

 imperceptibly rise and run to bent, and then only it is in- 

 jurious. 



Walking over Mr. Money's farm at Rainliam, with 



Mr. 



