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MAMQEMENT OF MEADOWS 



CONCERNING MANURES. 



Meadows exist in various sections of the State to a lim- 

 ited extent, and it being the object of this work to foster 

 this branch of agriculture the best plans for encouraging 

 and treating them will be discussed. The subject requires 

 no argument to encourage it, as every right-thinking man 

 will see at a glance the great importance of growing more 

 hay. It is, in the observation of every one, that vast amounts 

 of baled hay are brought by rail and river from those 

 Slates ^already embarked in the cultivation of grasses. 

 While we have the best climate in the United States for 

 this purpose, as already stated, we have a soil unparalleled 

 for fertility, and well suited to almost all varieties of grass- 

 es described, and, besides, being on the border of the cotton 

 States, we have a market at our doors for our surplus. 



If we do this our country will assume such a charming 

 appearance that it will delight the eye of every passenger 

 who travels through it on the many lines of railroads, be- 

 sides repaying the owners all the care bestowed on it. Our 

 citizens are not so much to blame for this backwardness in 

 the cultivation of the grasses as would appear at first sight. 



