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Remarks on tall fescue ... ... ... ... ... 94 



Remarks on tall oat grass ... ... ... ... ... 95 



Tall oat grass, cocksfoot, and tall fescue the most productive of 



the tall grasses, and also early and drought-resisting ... 96 

 Mixture suggested composed of hardy, drought-resisting, health- 

 preserving, and deep-rooting plants ... ... ... 97 



Remarks on timothy ... ... ... ... ... 98 



Remarks on Italian ryegrass ... ... ... ... 99 



Remarks on perennial ryegrass, meadow fescue, and meadow 



foxtail ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 



Poa fertilis, or late-flowering meadow grass ... ... ... 101 



Rough-stalked meadow grass ... ... ... 102 



Golden oat grass, smooth-stalked meadow grass, and hard 



fescue ... ... ... ... 103 



Sweet vernal, crested dogstail, wood meadow grass, fine-leaved 



fescue ... ... ... ... ... ... 104 



Nerved meadow grass ... ... ... ... ... 105 



Yarrow and kidney vetch ... ... ... ... ... 106 



Birdsfoot trefoil and parsley ... . . ... ... 107 



Lucerne and draw moss ... ... ... ... ... 108 



CHAPTER VII. 



WHY GOVBRNMEJJT EXPERIMENTAL FARMS ARE SO SPECIALLY HEEDED, 

 AND THE LINES ON WHICH THBY SHOULD BE LAID. 



Aversion of agriculturists to intellectual exertion ... .. Ill 



The mental condition of landlords, tenant farmers, and factors in 



regard to agricultural matters ... ... ... ... 112 



Need for experimental farms for the instruction of the classes 



connected with land. Visitors to Clifton-on-Bowmont farm 113 



The Board of Agriculture and its present policy ... ... 114 



" Can the blind lead the blind ?" Experiments at Cockle Park, 



Morpeth ... ... ... ... ... ... 116 



The exhaustion of humus not remedied by the use of artificial 



manures ... ... ... ... 117 



Manurial experiments with hay crops and potatoes at Cockle 



Park ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 118 



Experiments with potatoes at Clifton-on-Bowmont ... ... 119 



Experiments with sheep at Cockle Park ... ... 120 



Two sets of experiments required on experimental farms ... 122 



The Government asked to take lease of Clifton-on-Bowmont 



experimental farm ... ... ... ... ... 123 



Government inaction in matters relating to agriculture. Central 



seed-testing station not yet established ... ... ... 124 



