Joser 29, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
will 
troy TABLE П.—. 
the АНУ Уң A mixture is prepared and sold Mr. | a, Cow-gras Pesol 315945] | | 
Меттї ck. Veterinary Surgeon, , Northampton, Which has sample) 2095 | zu 
4 22. dm Medick, pil. | | ls 
en extensively used for Tretoil . |5. : 94| 7.73 | К 
and strongly recommended by those who have proved 23. Bush Veich 4|.58| 6.66 | PR 
its efficacy. 21. Sainfoin . in ло | 10.73 | ех 
35a 4. Red Clover .69| 845| OFT 
known as titter or ring. ; it is very prs e 26. сотан eaj Jes 22 1.07 11.14 | е 
soon sp ionis through t! tho КТ stock 5 young db е T. Tares — — lul. 6.75! . х E ph 
It may be cured by rubbing the affected parts with a icta uds appear | 
р 
mixture of li ие. oil and sulphur, or with iodine oint- 
ment; the latter I ас. best. In dressing the 
cattle having гіп gw ould bo taken еру! ео 
Thus, закар to the 
n Timothy is the best of all natural Grasses. It is 
ы, a most valuable Kind, d, but that it is not the 
a 
c where iti is 
wards with hot dece as iti ds easily 
human subject. “Ich Dien. 
THE IMPROVEMENT. отт! PASTURES, 
__ RECENTLY Ih esented to ору o of a Pri ize 
g 
ua d othe: TS 
nd P: 
as according to our authorities it produces а an early 
© In the Table of artificial Grasses it will e son that 
Black Medick, com called **Trefoil" or Yellow 
Clover, is shown to e ыс in value only to Cow- 
grass, and therefore superior to all the other ied 
i E 
natural or 
e“ Agrostogr арша” 44 es 
e 
alg of [n -grass tarnish v very different results i 
thei eir analysis, of fully one-third of valuable Wed 
рэ + 
ап pios spring V YA 
defici iency jn the pr rodu uce of the Borse da and "he 
Influenced by our E 
aphorisms, шу impr: ession } 
Б 
not compensated -b he superior quantity 
nutritive matter PETRAS a the stems of the seed 
FAE and as it is a 
n the. list, 18 not, шеп. | 
ы purpose expressed i in his 
title page, and I am £he оде 
ДА eurpriped. by the display at pages 17 and 18 of 
гарон and | eeds hich the, , Veri dest 
| паті 
арша,” 
subjec! des. 
Manager in the Eastern cou! Sir am дее 
res sted, I have perused it win. "no little чишу) to 
VOS ES 
exclusively to: H Беронов of kinds possessing some 
1 economie worth—but Parnell says of it “ that 
with 
у.а, Eran: for nor near td to our 
pasture grouuda- 
It would have been equally as pertinent to his 
thos d d t ras which the although an early spring Grass containing consider- ostensible object to have paraded а table of the 
um ot еа pO пітойц БОЙ i Алсейт à able amount of nourishment when in flower, it is not дөш! constituents of Kidney Beans, Wheat an 
and, as it appears to me ins the information i it t affords d or hay," nor can Mr. Bong tert: Peas, as I imagine they are quite as mel adapted for 
relai tive to Grasses is calcul: ted to mis le: er than xalte d opinion of its merits, as never once either the commoi are or th: 
of his prescriptions. б Dogs-| Bush Vetch, a plant usually growing in woods and 
and Cocksf bot follow | pu in succession, and. are | hedgerows ; ошо. erfectly as , rensonable e. have 
ti hich hr brast: miny: provò ruere Ll unquestionably excellent enumerated. the various 
m анъ ш Я о ud right Brome are the 5th and ( 6th on th Lc ickwee 
, It is perfectly. clear that our раз are far from list. o fret Parneil remarks that g | 1 аз troublesome in our n rerba 
1 i ither of the two weeds, Charlock i саев Pony 
ther readers of our standard a eidem authorities, relished b; icl asqui nthe 
н Nj with а few reservations, which ты fur nish pensated by its or rotis р? and of 2 last nuu E у as ‘Sinapis arvensis and Papavo T 
and dot 
matter for 
Im 
It is true jn pro- 
approval of the: plans of draining, tillage, 
атса in Мг. Bond's Essa; - E ihe Pepe. E 
rounds intended for pasturage purposes, 
Lerma that when the piace ir md other 
obstr 
f е land.” 
duce an bna much relished by 
d by the алашы! 6 Sorr 
and the Upri right Cro nr anus 
pastur 
of seeds 
and other small birds and by ph 
properties certainly in the eyes of bird она uu 
men, vio. M pa p sc for amuse- 
ar secu 
ment n on," 
А stran to the Eastern Counties might readily 
uetions our rivers and »water-cou| 
come features of the past, and. our landowners. have 
tions to the favonrable notice of the farmer, and no 
why they 
g Eas! 
suppose, from Die seemingly, ДӨР recourse to the 
iń a spirit of justice, we shall ^m е. фо see our way t 
а solution of the кы of rofitable pasturage firm 
equally as satisfactory as е result already ac 
" 
We ,may presume that our author, i in PE: up the 
s Would 
of course certainly make himself Бока v кп uem 
works as Sinclair's “ Hortus, Gramine eus s Wol burnensi 
д\їїзоп?з | * Agri hia,". Parnell's з=» 
itain," &c., and за nm V ерте aware Maths 
inferences to be. rom his illustration of th 
comparative value of mm at page from his 
e 15, and 
таал nt table of chemical Tp are „decidedly at 
a matter | graphia ” those 
o | Gra s Hard Fescue, which Parne ll Lawson and 
Sinchir ink as on eo of the first i in valuable айне 
“its 
ЙЕНЕ al Mota" are but little known in this 
раа aud from ut is m E it in the “ Lagi ir 
me 2 high order, 
will a knowledge of tlie fact that the pre нан Kn 
стан is one оЁ its varieties 
iot! 
d much to its EROR 
ld fc mples of t Wwe ssness and waste 
of weeds, that roy паде Lr аныкы cannot 
have been so “ ip oua: d’ as. to 
justify those heavy censures bg h our т езуд, as ib. 
representativo of Su! folks mE ic is called ón-to 
HE however, to say that such an 
c ided ird and that TAE 
groun » 10 pack of subjects for the exercisé е tho 
in, the ліз 
2180 йез “аз yielding a a very small proportion | 
ot › ive matter, and this Here 
Ped uiae; on aont af f its s disagreeab у 
bitter taste." 
оа Я is presented as the next in value, |t 
and the ai of the “ Agrostographia " ү remarks of 
analys sha] ocks, Horse 
ын рк, "Horse. 
Rus Фе, з indeed 
сваи they that „even the writer of the твен 
ary Essay, our * Fr ont 
tlie Tweed," for 80 üspee i oy ол а 
ИР: iis Boii in confining his 
As it is dextrae. M the ттд чү referred to 
ould be- ited, I 
is ve 
that iti is of ИШ value for either hay or pasture, as in | 
th 
observations to facts and matter erideitly withi s his 
either 
y саб ttle, H Sine у 
ght háve 
of its spongy nature.” 
t. 
will append а list of tl 
tani and artificial sses mentioned in the Tal bles 
eo g li 
r. Bond’s analysis; 
ex Ados iro m the writers 
xm ‘ Grass from a 
e name does not 
denote any kind in irren n and no good 
троѕе therefore сап be served by taking it into 
занн 
GRASSES, IN 100 PARTS, 
Вохр. ч 
ү Мк. 
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в Е T За 
8 Е 3l 85 
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б E ВЕ 
to E E 
Pisi | ETAT $3 
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b b A | 
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REIHE 
9 | | 
9490.05 | 13.03 
39 19.64! 9.80 
«94| 13.30 | 10.11 
АТ 9.040 | 846 
1.35 .83 | 19.00 
» Le КЕЧ 11.88 | 
5 1.91 | 0.87 
f $ Tori ahire Fe б | 
jag: вооа ү 1902 11.92 1194 
Meadow .. pa ES 14.15 | 12.49 
2 1l. Perennial Rye | 1006 
Of the S alked Meadow-grass it is shown 
by т that although Bud for a large and 
early produce, it 
Turned the weeder clippers aside, 
And spared the symbol dear. 
use it 
By his mode of estimate Mr. i ap qp ipid 
р regarding the value of v and I 
caution, аз on some soils it ds „subject to the di 
called ‘rust,’ whicli 
it" and Parnell says that * when intended for ТАТ. it 
in his treatment of that t most 
Pret К of 
his subject whi ies 
itd under the head of the fo urth 
On examinin; 
g fos rocodin Table of natural Eur 
will be observ " K 
ed that 
arrang 
must be cut while in flower, ud if allowed to 
till the s eed is ripe a loss ore than one-fourth of | ~ 
th 3» it 
This кү our Observations on the 10 superi 
is, and 
will now proceed to examine how far rule 
ыйы with the dieta of the writers whom we have | hi 
quoted in reference to his inferior Grasses; and as I e 
perhaps already beu uu b uch space, I ya 
fine my notice to e ive last cris arnel 
on d 
order eir agricultural value, as by Mr. 
Bon d's SAY. Pd it might therefore be su 
c d € 10 on the list would 
gi 
P irr ions, it is most valuable t 
moist, rich, and sheltered soils. » 
in the highest terms, 
rably. 
the agricu vh on 
Sinclair speaks of it 
and Lawson mentions it most 
— "^y , ngu ver, while he appears in practice 
ignore the existence of five of his superior sorts, h 
actually pania in his mixtures for permanent 
t | pastures not less si 9 
со 
ipe: вуз! 
[remarkably de defici Toii, two of them 
goo! 
ing th psu lowesk і in his feno. Ыс: 
his pinup 
pihat uni 
being со 
The Annaa Meada ow-grass is certainly a trouble: | has 
, Ver E "logical use of 
facts, besides 
a 
some weed rdens, but our authorities- 
its T imitation аз а pasture Grass is jus бой by 
the greediness with which it is devoured by cattle. 
о authority ne I imagine, in favour of 
Italian Rye-grass, as its merits are iently 
known to farmei place it higher position than 
| Mr. А ode of estimate ro assigned it. 
iu е Meadow Foxtail it is observed by Lawson © 
te tutes the greater portion of m: of the Pont [e page ovld evidently be a decided 
pit ui Ta 0 rita." Parnell and a [and à interesna кыл judging from the remarkable 
similar high Е of its merits, ed this, | itle results seem ve produced upon thi 
Беи the kinds езресіа1ї pointed out A 
by Mr. Bond as beg deficient in fat and flesh-| Referring to the bu м mixtures of per 
producing principles, rasses on the pen subsequent pages, it "will y^ 
Sweet Vernal is the last on the list, and ron noticed that по quanti обн and: Me 
perhaps f the most valuable for fattening |apropos of so impo! "^ d regarding 
zu of igh voxdfiimatios selections for mixtur 94 p informed “ - kinds 
E IT Lars the he wal А that pastures piere it | and proportions are эуес to variation according to 
produce the Жанан mutton;” ” andalso|cireumstances," Such is precisely the case, and this 
