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Lord Leicester's Seed Mixture. 



the land for a much heavier crop of com than if the com was 

 sown immediately after the pasture. In fact, in my opinion, a 

 crop of roots preceding a crop of com on the first breaking up 

 of the pasture is in every way the more desirable process." 



The seeds used by Lord Leicester were the following : — 

 Seeds for Temporary Pasture on Light Lands. 



Total, 17 lbs. 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 sufficiently 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 : — 



Total, 47 lbs. per acre. 

 The cost of this mixture ought to be (prices vary 

 almost every year) about 50s., and if the land is 



