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included in the mixture. These plants are either useful in 

 themselves or are indirectly useful in opening up the soil by 

 means of their strong roots> and further, in the case of burnet 

 and chicory, by keeping the hay crop erect and open, thus allow- 

 ing light to reach the white clover and young grasses. 



Visitors to the Abbotsley plots have asked me to suggest a 

 mixture based upon Elliot's mixture, which has been so success- 

 ful there, but costing about £1 an acre. As the mixture 

 prepared in response to this request will put the foregoing 

 suggestions in a concrete form, I submit it to the readers of 

 this paper. The prices and number of seeds, which are approxi- 

 mate, have been taken from the 1905 price-list of Mr, James 

 Hunter, of Chester. 



Seeds-Mixture for Laying Down Poor Clay Soil to 

 Permanent Pasture Per Acre. 







Number of Seeds 



Cost. j 



Plant. 



Weight. 



in 







Thousands. 







lb. 





s. d. 



Italian lye-grass ... 



4 



1,069 



I I 



Perennial rye-grass 



3 



635 



O 7 



Timothy ... 

 Cock's- foot 



1 



1,307 



0 6 



2 



809 



I 10 1 



Meadow fescue 



2 



467 



I 2 j 



Tall fescue 



i 



120 



0 5 



Hard fescue 



1 



555 



0 6 



Meadow foxtail ... 



1 



441 



1 2 | 



Tall oat-grass 



X 



62 



0 6 



Golden oat-grass ... 



i 



280 



08 



Rough -stalked poa 



1 



1,626 





Smooth-stalked poa 

 Crested dog's-tail... 



i 



1,085 



0 6 



1 



4- 



210 



0 9 



Perennial red clover 



I* 



320 





Alsyke clover 



14 



1,055 



; 1 



White clover 



2 



1,434 



1 10 



Lucerne ... 



I 



219 



0 10 | 



Sainfoin ... 



s 



no 



0 6 



Burnet ... 



4 



259 



1 7 



Chicory ... ... ... ... 





284 



0 11 B 



Yarrow 



1 



8 



417 



0 9 



Total ... ... 



33i 



12,764 



20 2 ' 



The mixture is intended for use on poor clay soils, and as 

 such soils in the eastern and southern counties are often very 

 deficient in phosphates, I would recommend the application of 

 3 to 4 cvvt. of superphosphate before sowing the grass seeds, 



