The Herbage of Pastures. 
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Lolium perenne 58 
Agrostis sp 20 
Holcus lanatus 9 
Foa trivialis 3 
Both Agrostis stolonifera and A. vulgaris were present. 
Cynosurus cristatus .... 3 
Festuca ovina et var 3 
Dactylis glomerata .... 2 
Undetermined 2 
No. 36. — A turf sent by Mr. Charles H. Eady, Home Farm, Ardiugton, near 
Wantage, Berkshire, from the estate of Lord Wantage, at the upper, or east 
end, of the Vale of White Horse. Mr. Eady writes : — 
" I have forwarded a block of turf cut from a field bearing the best 
character of any in this immediate neighbourhood ; it is 46 acres in size. 
The last week in April I stocked it with 44 Hereford steers and 4 shire 
fillies ; the Herefords were all fat, and sold to a London dealer by the 
middle of July. I then drafted 86 other Herefords into it from inferior 
past ure ; they were all fat and gone by the end of August. I then stocked 
it with 40 Shorthorn heifers ; 20 of these were sold fat at the end of 
October, the remaining 20, being half-fat, were put in the stalls about the 
first week in November. I then put in 24 Welsh runts (stores), to clean 
it up, and they have (February 14), until quite recently, been doing well, 
when I moved them into strawyards. I have never known any artificial 
food of any sort given to beasts in this field." 
The turf was dug nine inches deep, and the soil had the appearance of 
eight inches of strong loam resting upon an inch of very sticky, greyish clay ; 
no rootlets were visible on the lower face. Cut on July 4, the turf yielded: — 
Gramineous herbage, 66 | Leguminous, 34 | Miscellaneous, a trace. 
The leguminous herbage consisted exclusively of Trifolium repens ; whilst 
miscellaneous herbage was represented only by a few fragments of Ranun- 
culus bulbosus. The gramineous herbage yielded on separation : — ■ 
Lolium perenne 72 I Poa trivialis 2 
Agrostis stolonifera . . . . 11 | Hordeum pratense 2 
Cynosurus cristatus 5 Poa prateusis "1 , 
Phleuin pratense 2 Alopecurus pratensis J ' ' 
Holcus lanatus 2 ! Undetermined 4 
No. 37. — A turf sent by Mr. James Jefferies, Goosey, Faringdon, Berks. 
It was dug from Chappie Close, an old pasture which is known far and wide 
for its excellent feeding-properties, and is situated at the western end of the 
Vale of White Horse, between the hills and the border of the Thames ; it 
is mostly fed with grazing-beasts, and is only known to have been mown 
once — about thirty years ago. The specimen was nine inches deep, and a 
few root-fibres were observable on the lower face. The soil was a dark 
brown, friable loam, becoming darker at the top, and free from stones 
throughout. The herbage was cut on July 6, and yielded : — 
Gramineous herbage, 86 | Leguminous, 13 | Miscellaneous, L 
Trifolium repens constituted the whole of the leguminous herbage, and 
the only miscellaneous species was Ranunculus repens. The grasses were : — 
Lolium perenne 40 Poa trivialis \ 
Agrostis stolonifera .... 36 Festuca ovina et var. I ... 2 
Alopecurus pratensis .... 6 Phleum pratense j 
Dactylis glomerata .... 5 Undetermined 5 
No. 38. — A turf sent by Mr. James Hudson, Lowther, Penrith, from the 
North Park, at Lowther, Westmoreland. The land is on limestone, 600 
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