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costly failiues and disappointment. On thin, lij^lit, and g-iavcllv 
soils, or on bare limestone-land, they have often little or no efioet, 
but they are pretty sure to answer on strong newly drained soils, 
naturally producins^ heath or ling', rushes or bents. They have 
b(!en found also to have a wonderful effect in renovatinj^ old 
])astures where other top-dressings have failed. 
In favourable situations, hill-side or uj)land pastures, (^specially 
such as have been a long; time ago ploughed and laid down dirty, 
and with bad, or perhaps no seeds, cvre greatly improved by being 
again broken up, cleaned, and laid down to pasture with rape and 
seeds, forming luxuriant pasturage for a few years, after which 
they should be top-dressed. 
The following is a good selection of grass-seeds for laying land 
down to permanent grass without a corn-crop : — • 
Devonshire Evergi'een Eye-grass 1 bushel. 
Italian Rye-grass 2 lbs. 
Cock's Foot 7 
Meadow Fescue 4 
Hard Fescue 4 
Cow-wrass 5 
Alsik'e Clover 3 
White Clover 3 
Arable Farms. 
With the exception of some half-dozen farms near the shore of 
Morecambe Bay, scarcely any are purely arable, the prevailing 
class being of a mixed character. 
The return of crops in 18GG were — 
Acres. 
Wheat 2,194 
Barley 2,628 
Oats 17,042 
Rye 84 
^^^^^ 68 Percentage 
Peas 114 of the County. 
22,130 =: 4-42 
Green Crops. — Turnips 8,292 
Potatoes 1,767 
Mangold 84 
Carrots 102 
Rape and Vetches 946 
11,191 = 2-23 
Bare Fallow 2,105 = 0-41 
Clovers and Grasses under Rotation 18,519 = 3-69 
Total Arable Land 53,945 = 10-75 ■ 
The average produce per acre is, of wheat, 28f bushels. 
barley, 37 „ 
„ „ oats, 34f „ 
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