398 



Formation of Permanent Pastures. [oct., 



of the herbage in 1897 and about 11 per cent, in 1898 on the 

 very light soil of Stanhoe, was represented by but 12 per cent, 

 and 5 per cent, in the same seasons on the slightly heavier soil 

 of Saxlingham. Both of these soils were light loams ; the same 

 mixture would under ordinary circumstances have been sown 

 upon both, but we find that a slight difference in quality has 

 been sufficient to produce from the same mixture very different 



Table II.— Temporary Seeds-Mixtures on Light Soils. 



Plants sown. 



it of Seed sown 

 1896. 



Uage composi- 

 f seed mixture. 



Stanhoe (light sandy 



soil). 



Saxlingham 

 loam). 



(light 



Percentage composition of 

 Hay. 



Percentage composi- 

 tion of Hay. 







<v 0 



















53 



£ c 



<u 0 



1897. 



1898. 



1899. 



1900. 



1897. 



1898. 



1899. 





lb. 



















Perennial red 





















clover 



2\ 



















White clover... 



I 



m 



247 



21-4 



7-9 



8-8 



50-4 



37-8 



20'0 



Trefoil 



i'i 



3-0 j 













Perennial rye- 





















grass 



2 



2-8 



30 7 



107 



6-4 



15-9 



121 



q*5 



23 "4 



Cocksfoot 



6 



15-5 



97 



15-0 



48-5 



377 



9*9 



2V$ 



39*6 



Timothy 



5 



41-2 



166 



I3'3 



5*i 



5*1 



20 -4 



187 



47 



False oat -grass 



3 



2-4 



18-3 



38-2 



30-2 



21-4 



3'8 



21-5 



12-3 



Fescues 



2 



7-0 



•0 



1*4 



0-5 



3-8 



•0 



•0 



•0 



Meadow grasses 



2 



20'I 



•0 



•0 



i*4 



6-5 



•0 



•0 



•0 



Yield of Hay 

 (Grass X T \). 







Cwt. 

 24-5 



Cwt. 

 25-8 



Cwt. 

 22 '2 



Cwt. 

 13-6 



Cwt. 

 22 -4 



Cwt. 

 46-8 



Cwt. 

 168 



crops of hay. The rivalry in the newly sown pasture is, 

 indeed, so keen, and the chances of the competitors are so 

 evenly balanced, that a heavy fall of rain at one time might 

 produce one type of pasture, and a similar fall a fortnight later 

 might produce quite another. 



These facts are, of course, well known to many farmers, who, 

 if they understand but little about permanent pastures, are at 

 least familiar with sowing down temporary layers, and I do not 

 cite the figures in Tables I. and II. because of their novelty, but 

 because these figures, relating as they do to two heavy soils and 

 to two light soils, furnish specific instances of a fact that is 

 usually forgotten by those who try to form new pastures, the 

 fact, viz., tfkfa pasture cairnot^be fbrrrred " l 'ttr-order J,, by writing 



