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Index. 



Rough- stalked Meadow grass, spread- 

 ing habit, 104 



Eyeglass, Italian, see Italian Ryegrass 



Perennial, adverse opinions on, 



69, 60, 78-80, 124, 186, 189, 191 



as an adulterant, 158 



Anderson on, 59 



Curtis' remarks on, 80 



dearer than Cocksfoot, 186 



efifects of excessive use, 191, 



192 

 farmers' preference for, 78, 



186 



hostile to clover, 190, 230 



notes ou, 101 



proportion of in permanent 



pasture, 81 



Home on, 59 



quantity to sow, 101 



inferior to Cocksfoot, 80, 81 



Sir Mordaunt Martin on, 80 



inimical to clover, 192 



relative productiveness of, 



101, 154 



result of sowing, 60 



Sinclair on, 78, 79, 81 



Young's opinion of, 80 



Sainfoin, suited to Clifton Park 



system on chalk soils, 109, 160 

 Seed mixture most suitable for pas- 

 ture, 98, 99 



testing stations in Ireland, 244 



necessity for, 125, 244 



Seeding, advisability of liberal, 89, 90, 



157, 167 

 Seedling grasses, efEect of grazing, 67 

 Seeds, adulteration of, 158, 192 



average price of, 153 



best are cheapest, 147 



can be had pure, 18, 19 



cheap, 17 



comparative cost of, 155 



comparisons between good and 



inferior, 92, 93, 238 



cost of a million germinating, 



149, 151 



cost of germinating, per acre, 



153 



Seeds, economical use of, 155 



evils arising from poor, 91 



factors which control price of, 



150, 155 



germinating capabilities of good, 



147, 151 

 influenced by seed crop failure, 



150 



how to mix, 157 



how to obtain good, 159 



list of micro-photographs of, 152 



micro-photographs of, faemg 152 



mixing and sowing at Clifton 



Park, 20O 

 necessity for standard of quality, 



147 



number in a pound, 149, 151 



factors determining, 159 



of good and bad germination, 



comparison of, 147 



purchase of, 199 



quality of, 91 



quantity required to sow an acre, 



153, 155 



factors determining, 153 



to use, 88-91 



Brotherston's opinion. 



89 



156 



• EUiot's, 89, 90 



■ Hunter's, 89 



■ Young's, 88, 89 



' for land in fine tilth, 



—— for rough land, 156 



per acre, number of germinating, 



90,91 

 — purity of, 18 

 require favourable conditions if 



all are to grow, 156 



should be bought \inmized, 199 



should be guaranteed, 18 



should be of high germination, 



148 

 sown with a crop, see " Laying 



down land " 



standard of quality for, 151 



still sold of bad quality, 158, 159 



testing of, in America, 248 



used by Lord Leicester, 20 



