WEIGHT OF SEED TO BE USED 



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The weight of seeds needed for the permanent pasture mixture 

 on page 546 is as under ; — 



Clovers 



f Red Clover , 

 -j Alsike Clover 

 y White Clover 



Short-lived / Perennial Rye-grass 

 Grasses \ Timothy 



Permanent 

 Grasses 



20 7c 



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Cocksfoot . I . . 

 Meadow Fescue . 

 Meadow Foxtail . 60 7o 



Smooth-stalked Meadow-grass 

 Rough-stalked Meadow-grass 

 Crested Dogstail . 

 V.Hard Fescue . 



5. While it is of the first importance to start with a well- 

 selected and well-proportioned mixture of grasses, it must be 

 remembered that the sowing and after management of permanent 

 pastures need the most careful consideration. It is exceptionally 

 easy to ruin a good piece of grass by neglect of manuring, by 

 stocking the grasses with sheep in the first season of growth, or 

 by understocking or overstocking the land when well-established, 

 and in many other ways. 



The art of grazing, in which is involved the careful observa- 

 tion of the growth of the various grasses, and judgment in 

 judiciously shifting and mixing the stock at different seasons. 



