IBecerd Experiences i:i laying down Liuul to Grass, 111 
IFor Schedule of Questions, see page 12G.] 
Mr. Mark J. Stewart, M.P. — continued. 
Cocksfoot . 
Timothy 
Meadow fescue 
Tall fescue . 
Cowgrass 
Alsike . 
White clover 
Red clover . 
liyeo-rass 
Italian ryegrass 
Meadow foxtail 
Hard fescue 
Dogstail , 
Others I tried with 6 Ihs. ryegrass and 4 lbs. Italian, also 18 lbs. rye- 
grass and 4 lbs. Italian. In early spring the ryegrass and Italian show 
best ; in- later summer the natural grasses. 
After potatoes the best result I have had, sown on August 25, was 
sown with the first of the following mixtures. This year 1 have tried to 
improve as shown in the second mixture : — ■ 
(No. 1.) (Xo. 2.) 
(1) 
(2) 
(3) 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
. 6 
7 
7 
8 
. ^ 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
. 2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
'. 2 
0 
0 
0 
. 27 
2 
18 
0 
. 4 
4 
0 
0 
. 0 
1 
1 
1 
. 0 
1 
1 
1 
. 0 
1 
1 
1 
Meadow foxtail . . . 
lbs. 
. 6 
lbs 
3 
Cocksfoot . . • . . 
. 12 
10 
Meadow fescue • • > . 
. 4 
8 
Tall fescue .... 
. 2 
6 
Rough-stalked meadowgrass . 
. 1 
0 
White clover .... 
. 4 
3 
Timothy . • • . . 
. 4 
3 
Dogstail . . > . . 
1 
4 
Poa nemoralis .... 
1 
Yarrow 
1 
2 
6. Only the autumn-sown was without a crop. 
7. Autumn is best, but less convenient, unless subject to severe frost. 
8. I have tried it every way. I consider it best to keep oti" all animals 
and cut it the first year for hay, unless with autumn-sowiug, whereby the 
plants have more vigour and are deeper rooted. If timothy is trampled 
when young, the plant, which has a club root, is killed. Top-dressing with 
chemicals, not with farmyard, the first year is highly beneficial. 
9. Yes, in the second year — i.e. at the end of the second year. 
10. I have not observed this. The clover roots sown in the stewartry of 
Kirkcudbright (Southwick) disappear the second year, except the natural 
white clover, which does stand. 
11. One year here. Four Southwick. 
12. Yes, on moorlands, with very poor results ; but the ordinary mixture 
in this part is — 
H to 2 lbs. 
U „ 2 „ 
Ryegrass . . 1^ to 2 bushels English red clover 
Italian . . . | bushel White Dutch . 
Cocksfoot . . 2 to 4 lbs. Alsike ... 
Timothy . . 2 „ 4 „ 
Most of these grasses disappear the sacond year, and wild grasses come up 
— often hard fescue and, I think, agrostis stolonifera and other poor grasses ; 
but some fields do throw good feeding grasses. 
