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Thus, if we wish to make our farms not only a beauty 

 and a pleasure, but also to make them profitable, we ought 

 to sow them down with good grasses. Look over the list, 

 examine the land desired to be sown, and select the one most 

 suitable to its requirements. There is no fear but what one 

 can be found. If it is such as will not grow blue-grass, 

 there is the fescue, or vernal, or clover, or timothy, or herds 

 grass, and many others equally good. We have them for 

 limestone or sandstone soils, for rocky or gravelly, for up- 

 lands or lowlands. Let no one be afraid to try, if one kind 

 fails, through any mistake, try another. If the frosts or 

 sunshine destroy the first stand, sow for another. The seeds 

 are, or should be, but a small obstacle to the general results. 

 If one should ever want to sell, it will be less difficult to 

 make the sale, and at a higher figure. Should a farmer 

 never wish to sell, it will repay him an hundred fold with 

 its cheering aspect, with fat cattle, fat sheep and sleek 

 horses. 



