This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 edition. Excerpt: ...farmer lays down his tillage land for pasture."t "Eight or ten pounds per acre is the quantity usually sown; which is perfectly sufficient if the seed is good, and the land suitable for it." In a few rare instances, the seed has been gathered; but the Climate of this County is ill adapted to the ripening of it ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 edition. Excerpt: ...farmer lays down his tillage land for pasture."t "Eight or ten pounds per acre is the quantity usually sown; which is perfectly sufficient if the seed is good, and the land suitable for it." In a few rare instances, the seed has been gathered; but the Climate of this County is ill adapted to the ripening of it. It is usually mown for hay, or cut as green food for horses. White Clover. (Trifolium repens.) "About half the quantity of white clover is usually sown with the ted clover, if the ground is worked fine to receive it." There is however but little land that will suit the white - Houghton's Collection, Vol. IV. p. 59. t Mr. Feniit. i I. Potti, Eiq. I PotU, E-q. N 2 clover; clover; it requires a deep free soil, to bring it to any degree of luxuriance." Tally offered to sale than anyother; while the advantages derived from its throwing up its shoots earlier than most of the other grasses have led to ils more frequent cultivation. Several of the grasses, however, as the vernal, the foxtail, the meadow poa, &c. are quite as early as the rye grass; while the meadow fescue, the oat grass, and some others, appear to be at least as well deserving -f attention. cut the latter end of April, or the first week in May; and by giving this as stall fodder to his cattle at that period, he has not only been enabled to have them in.better condition, but to give a stronger head of grass to his pasture lands, by keeping his cattle out of thent a week or ten days longer than is the usual custom. The land has been afterwards prepared for turnips, or fallowed for wheat. The advantages of this practice seem to be well worthy of consideration. Ray or Rye grass. (Lolium perennc.) "From a bushel to a bushel and a...
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