CONTENTS xh 



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Time of Sowing 5 



Spring Sowing . 5 



Sowing with Corn 5 



Sowing on old Leys 5 



Summer Sowing 5 



Autumn Sowing 5 



Theory of Sowing . 56 



Design in Sowing . 56 



Depth of Sowing 56 



Mixing the Seeds 56 



Cross-Sowing 56 



Practical Sowing 57 



Essentials for Success 57 



Preparation for Seeds 57 



Sowing the Cereal . . 57 



Preparation of Mixtures 57 



Distributing and Covering 57 



CHAPTER VIII 

 CARE OF NEW PASTURES 



Rolling 



Objects of Rolling 



Rolling young Pastures 



Manuring ." 



Top-dressing young Pastures 



Early Treatment 



Pastures without Corn . 



Pastures with Corn 



Autumn-sown Pastures ... 



Water-meadows 



CHAPTER IX 



CARE OF ESTABLISHED PASTURES 



Extirpation of Undesirable Species 60 



Necessity for After-care 60 



Methods of Extirpation 60 



Breaking-up Pastures 60 



Methods of Improvement 60 



Spreading Droppings 60 



Grazing . . 61 



Profitable Grazing 61 



Grazing in Spring 61 



Grazing in Autumn 61 



Irrigated Pastures . . . .61 



Tufts and Culms 61 



Enriching Pastures 62 



Origin of Weeds 62 



Droppings of Stock 62 



Farmyard Manure 62 



Liquid Farmyard Manure 62 



Selection of Artificials 62 



