MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHKUIES. 



PUBLICATIONS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF 

 GRASS LAND. 



THE IMPROVEMENT OF GRASS LAND. 



(Miscellaneous Publication No. 24.) 



This is a pamphlet of 50 pages, and deals with the general 

 question of the improvement of grass land. The various types of 

 grass land, permanent grass, worn-out grass, and temporar}^ ley^r 

 are dealt with, and the possibilities of improvement considered 

 under such headings as manuring, mechanical treatment, renova- 

 ting mixtures, altered methods of stocking, substituting pasture 

 for meadow conditions or the reverse, and eradication of weeds. 

 Notes on the grasses and clovers used in pastui-e, the purchase of 

 seeds, and the types of seed mixtures, are also given, as well 

 as information on the conversion of heavj^ clay land to grass, 

 lucerne and sainfoin leys, and the treatment of new pastures. 

 Suggestions for increasing the produce of grass land are offered 

 throughout the pamphlet. 



Price 3d. Post free. 



THE IMPROVEMENT OF GRASS LAND: SUGGESTIONS 

 FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS. 



(^Miscellaneous Publication No. 25.) 



This pamphlet may be regardecl as supplementary to Miscella- 

 neous Publication No. 24 (see above), and the suggestions it 

 contains should be considered in the light of the information 

 given in that publication. It is divided into two sections, the 

 fust of which comprises schemes simple in character and direct 

 and practical in their object, so that they may be capable of 

 general adoption by farmers. The second part deals with 

 experiments requiring considerable attention and supervision^ 

 which are applicable chietly to college farms or farms in close 

 touch with the Educational Staff of the county. 



(iratis and [lOst free. 



The above pahlications man ^'^ ohtained on apidicaiion to the 

 Secretary, Minislry of Agriculture and Fisheries {Ptiblicatioiis 

 Branch), 3, *S7. Jameses Square, London, SJV. 1. 



