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too, that it is very profitable, still they do not make the 

 pastures. Why? Why? Why? Will every reader who has 

 no Blue Grass answer? Yes, many of them have answered 

 me hundreds of times. One is not ready just now. An- 

 other cannot spare the money to buy seed. They are all 

 going to sow when they get ready. I know some farmers 

 who have been, for thirty years, going to sow grass before 

 long, and the time has not yet come for them to begin." 



"Again comes up the seemingly meddlesome question, 

 why? I will give the true answer. Our farmers have as 

 much intelligence as farmers anywhere; but they do not sow 

 grass, because they do not understand well the system of man- 

 agement. They have not. studied it in good earnest. There- - 

 fore, they do not know how little labor and expense are 

 necessary to get a stand of grass. Their own reasoning 

 teaches them wrongly, that the making of grass is a big 

 and costly process; therefore, they slowly undertake it. If 

 they knew how little labor and expense will «et a large tract 

 in grass, they would not delay one instant. If they will 

 decide in their own minds that they do not understand how 

 to make grass, and will apply to those who understand it, 

 then they will all learn, that they are able, and have time 

 enough to set their lands in grass. Then they will do it 

 speedily." \x 



"They must first learn how to get a stand. Then they 

 must learn how to manage, so as to make a dense and profit- 

 able sod. It requires much more thinking than expense 

 and labor to make good grass. Those farmers who have 

 well studied the Blue Grass system, and have themselves 

 covered their lands with rich pastures, can, and will freely 

 instruct all who may apply to them to learn the system. 

 If our farmers here will do as the Kentuckians did, they 

 will all soon have plenty of good grass." 



We cannot but commend the above sensible extract from 

 this eminent writer on agriculture, to the attention of all 

 readers. And if the traveler will notice, as he passes through 



