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Contents. 



New grass mixtures used by author 



The value of deep-rooting plants for breaMngup hard pans 



Chicory, Burnet, and Kidney Vetch as sub-soUers 



Chicory superior to Parsnip as a deep-rooter 



Opinions of a well-known farmer as regards two poor land fields 



Probable results had sheep been fed with oilcake 



Importance of careful tillage and seeding 



Liberal seeding essential to success 



The munber of germinating seeds required to sow an acre 



Quality of seed of great importance 



The Lake field laid down with seeds from two different sources, 



and the results 



Differences in plants grown from seed produced in various 



climates should be further iavestigated 



Remarks on Cocksfoot, the most valuable of grasses 



The management of Cocksfoot 



TaU Fescue grass , 



Tall Oat grass 



The three most important grasses 



Grass mixture of hardy, drought-resistiog, health preserving, and 



deep-rooting plants , 



Timothy grass , 



Italian Ryegrass 



Perennial Ryegrass, Meadow Fescue, and Meadow Foxtail grasses. 



Fertile, or Late-flowering Meadow grass , 



Rough-stalked Meadow grass 



Golden Oat, Smooth-stalked Meadow, Hard Fescue, and Sweet 



Vernal grasses 



Crested Dogstail, Wood Meadow, Fine-leaved Fescue, and Nerved 



Meadow grasses 



Late-flowering Red, White, and Alsike Clovers 



Kidney Vetch and Yarrow 



Lucerne, Sainfoin, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Sheep's Parsley, and Cotton 



grass 



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CHAPTER VII. 



WHY GOVERNMENT EXPEIUMENTAL FARMS ARE SO SPECIALLY NEEDED, 

 AND THE LINES ON WHICH THEY SHOULD BE LAID. 



Aversion of agriculturists to intellectual exertion 112 



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



regard to agricultural matters 113 



Need for experimental farms for the instruction of those connected 



with land 114 



Visitors to Clifton-on-Bowmont farm 114 



The Board of Agriculture and its policy 115 



