748 THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Nov. 23, 
view that the experiment on Oats instituted, the of these universal inhabitants of the globe are found | many, if any, that are more oe for pastures, or 
ect success of which still further . the | struggling into life, both for the purpose of . n for t purposes. own for one ye 
a for if, as it was very generally supposed, by * or supporting other members eation. with Clovers, singly, and for a ea of hay, 1 bushel of 
applying utumn, a large portion of its ture has also protected them in various wae most | seed may be sown on an acre, for two or three years in 
most valuable constituents will washed out by the of | them are pergnnial, and, though the e be cropped pasture half a bushel will be used, and for permanent 
winter hi — st surely be greatly in- and destroyed, they soon replaced; the creeping | purposes a quarter of a bushel is sufficient in the mixture, 
creased when the manure N s alone, | roots, though jee and hurt, are 5 destroyed; and The Meadow Fescue ss 2 the 
and se anphed to to the 3 in the t the winter’s cold and the summer’s drought are alike | Ray-grass in the valuable points abov ntioned. It 
soluble form. The result, Er de ae testified unable to extinguish a 8 N ife 5 They are is early and hard dy, yields a plentifal atap. of foliage, 
in the seve xperiments to drawn | the most important part of the vegetable kingdom, and | sweet, and much liked by all kinds of animals, and never 
attention, is, that the Bank of England “itself ie is no safer | constitute about — 1 part of all the plants that are becomes t The seed is abundant, healthy, and 
depository for our coin th the | known in our easily gathered, and the plant is equally valuable for 
y manure which this coin can The habits a d appearan ce of Grasses are at all times | hay of one ee ove ternate pastures, or for permanent 
It is with considerable pleasure we have, within | sufficient to distin uish them, independently of the | meadows. of stems is abundant, of moderate 
last month, seen that these views T been co 
the 
roborated and demonstrated b Way, who, in 
a most excellent and elaborate paper, et published 
P of Eng- 
and inborious experi- 
sand the power is ee at when 
the clay is burnt it loses its capabilit. of arresting the 
several alkalies. Lan 
— writers « on 
of inal poin 
this d desideratum ‘the operations of arting, and . 
t abounds with 2 
but I do not are me 
r- | general character they et in the specific arrange- 
ants, 
ment of p The stalk and leaves are very simple, 
and — 1 in the cue be er of plants; the seeds 
distinguishing aa 
f 
re herbaceous, * ver 
eful Grasses, strictly speaking, are 
ceous. gor 3 zem agree in the follow- 
ing particulars: the stalk i imple and u 
ms are i a baad tubular, 
roots fibrous and c 3 leaves quite 
oe 
Bre 
a, which ¢ 
n growing, 3 for hy 
the water. The glume is husky, pi or 8 
rar anti 
yi dvi 
in order to keep the land clean. rily iy believe, 
higi 
et Iv 
that without underrating other adj uncts i in the sli ightest 
| some are ‘fragrant when dry. They 
cleanliness of land than _by the liberal application of 
such manures as Peru ihre guano, which contains a 
r centage mmonia. I have found, agen Si 
ear, that where I have manu ly the 
e 
ably ex 
emplified in f the Oats which I have quoted, 
where one white — 1 another. This practice 
been bad dry, — accordingly | 
be 
nstructed of Mei gat or 8 thorns, 
8, bracte rie any ot Pi a 
* is ‘ely kiain 5 in our — 5 
. Gra is divided and branched. 
stings 
first purpose, there 
in different soils and situations, an abundance 
e | and a number of stems of a medium height, rather than 
t 
k of stem. ese valuable 
points no plant has yet been TE hi ee to the common 
publis in The 
ip 1 Ao snnial ; flowers in the second 
week the seed nia voted ee 
field receiving at the sa i 
good dressing of — The field was infested with the 
common Butter-cup, and whilst, as the season advan 
the yellow tinge extended as usual over the field, the 
months of Tub and Aen. The flow 
— ; spikelets Perv 8 the calyx; flore 
neeolate. 
It is preferred that some other Grass plants yield 
|More nutritious matter than Ray-grass, and a gr 
produce, and more lattermath. 
nt be true 
2 4 2 
eetest 
very abundant. The spot could agai 
ak teen to a great ‘extent, of the | 
yellow flowe: 
Presumi long essay is not required, but 
een such 3 — ent — * add to sally interest of 
t, and render it more pra ais I 
shall conclude by . a * that — may be 
the case with to the 
Spooner, St 
present attempt. F. C. 
there nec 
ce ; while most other Grasses, 
encouraged by cultivation, send up to height : smaller 
number of culms, which become coarse, an s lessen 
th the quantity Fi 1 of the crop z yield. 
For the purpose o ha; 
1 
: 
8 8 
7s 
t 
d its ground. The 
— but every 
dager, superior to 
| much for a crop of hay ; and 
unb N Ae 
s | very first-rate 1 and even “the re 
ea 
into a spike; 
p 
when 
ords an 
yih 
ity the plants, | so 
an supply 1 ces of the 
t may be 
will sow an acre, and 4 lbs. 
in the permanent mix ery 
e Cocksfoot 5 — is coarse, and the stems are 
W y number and rise too hi 
is shy of growth, except o 
2 one 
a is not sligible i in the 
or permanent purposes oly on 
are Tittle eligible for hay, except on v 
oams 
a damp nature; rmanent pas poe they cof ec 
ad where the roughestalked aay grows 
vigorously and very abundantly. 
The Nene oes — cg of the present tim 
— except in the 
surface never 
disallows the use 
case of first-ra 
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in some places followed by one year in pasture, an 
the most inferior lands by two years in a ae 
arrangemen sowing of permanent pas 
scarcely ever occur ; except in one near the weng 
mesne, p P 
consideration, The mT T of Grasses really useful to 
for hay in one year, the Ra, 
turage in the best land 
5 the Cat's- tail and 
most inferior grounds, the last 
supplanted yik = Do ey s- tail and Bian according as the 
e 
uses of the farmer is, re 
ure, the 
must enter into the due calculation. J. D., ap 1. 
Home e e 
On the right Quantity of Seed to S —I was es 
ning r last letter to m that 
require furt 
con 
tion, and I hav e since found me to be the case, 
Bors 
gathering, a gentleman (a large emer io 
Norfolk) named Gower, proclaimed that, in f 
come from 
y 
man who cannot produce a crop 
y grown in Norfolk, wi 
t in these 
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with less than 96 quarts of 
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