H(m to Improve It. 



19 



Total, 17 lb. per acre. 



The average cost of the above seeds, of finest 

 guaranteed quality, is 12s 6d to 13s per acre. 



It will be observed that Lord Leicester says that the 

 minimum time during which the land should remain in 

 pasture is six years, and, with the mixture he uses, I 

 have no doubt that that time would be required in 

 order to accumulate a suflSciently good turf. But if a 

 mixture is used containing a large quantity of cocksfoot 

 and yarrow, and other plants calculated to fill the land 

 with vegetable matter, then I think that a good turf, 

 and one much better than would be obtained in six 

 years from the mixture Lord Leicester uses, could be 

 produced in four years, and with the aid of the following 

 mixture, which I have used with success : — 



Lb. Lb. 



The cost of the mixture ought to be (prices 

 vary almost every year) from 42 to 45 shillings, 

 and, if the land is left in grass for five years, 



