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The Composition of some of the 
pastures in each table represents, so far as this can be done 
in a linear series, my estimate of their relative values. 
The number prefixed to each pasture refers to the number of 
the pasture in the list of districts already given. 
1. Pastures in which Yorkshire Fog predominates. 
Yorkshire fog may be considered to be nothing else than a 
weed. Cattle refuse it in all stages of its growth unless when 
driven to it by hunger in the absence of any other food. Even 
as hay it is disliked. Yorkshire fog has a considerable quantity 
of foliage which spreads from the crown of the root and the stem 
amongst the neighbouring plants, with this result, that the stock, 
in rejecting the woolly leaves of the Holcus, reject also the desir- 
able leaves with which they are intermingled. It produces 
abundance of seed which is light and easily carried by the 
wind, so that it spreads widely and increases rapidly. It is 
very difficult to eradicate from any field where it has once got 
a foothold. Ploughing and thorough cleaning is the only 
remedy. 
Tahle I. — Predominant Grass — Yorkshire Fog. 
No. 
Pasture 
Cocksfoot 
| Meadow fescue 
Foxtail 
J Timothy 
•3 at 
Si rt 
J t i 1 
Ji O 
SB'S 
II 
Yellow oat-grass 
Rye-grass 
Fioriu 
Hard fescue 
Dogstail 
9 
B 
o 
~?. 
Sweet vernal j 
Squirrel-tail | 
| Hassock-grass 
Brome-grass 
Yorkshire fog 
U 
> 
o 
c 
t5 
3 
E 
a 
S 
IS 
Pandean . . 
A 
P 
A 
55 
East Field . 
0 
C 
A 
A 
A 
P 
66 
West Field . 
0 
0 
A 
A 
A 
C 
V 
49 
Meldon 1st . 
C 
c 
0 
A 
A 
A 
c 
P 
A 
0 
P, predominant. A, abiuidaut. C, common. 
There can scarcely be a more worthless pasture* than one 
largely composed of Yorkshire fog. The value of these four 
pastures is derived from the presence of other useful plants in 
them. In Pandean the clover was abundant, and at Meldon 
not only was there clover, but also a considerable quantity of 
baitablo grasses. The presence of such grasses gave the two 
pastures at Swinhoe [55 and 50] their value. 
2. Pasture in ivhich Squirrel Tail predominates. 
The predominant grass over the famous pastures of Pawlett 
Hams is squirrel-tuil. The squirrel-tail was well eaten down, 
