. A view of the HayVField^that cut SLx Tons to the Acre. The grasses are of more importance than the grains. Grass is king ; not corn. The grasses and clovers outrank the cereals in value. Good permanent pastures are worthy of the best thought of the best agriculturists. The preparation of the soil for permanent grass lands cannot be too thorough, nor is it likely that the manuring will ever be excessive. Stable manure is the best of all foundations for fertility. Ground bone and wood ashes are un- excelled for top-dressing purposes. Stable manure is rich in available nitrogen. Bone (ground fi
. A view of the HayVField^that cut SLx Tons to the Acre. The grasses are of more importance than the grains. Grass is king ; not corn. The grasses and clovers outrank the cereals in value. Good permanent pastures are worthy of the best thought of the best agriculturists. The preparation of the soil for permanent grass lands cannot be too thorough, nor is it likely that the manuring will ever be excessive. Stable manure is the best of all foundations for fertility. Ground bone and wood ashes are un- excelled for top-dressing purposes. Stable manure is rich in available nitrogen. Bone (ground fine) is one of the best and most lasting sources of phosphoric acid. Wood ashes is rich in potash. These three things (nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash) furnish the elements of fertility which are lost by continued grazing and cropping. Taken together they make a perfect or "complete" fertilizer or soil restorer. Autumn is nature's time for sowing grass seed, but spring sowing may be made quite as successful, if the seed is sown early, while the ground is both cool and moist. Grass seed is usually sown with gram, but there is ample testimony to show that it can be sown alone, with entire success. On all pastures which have been long fed, the phosphate of lime is exhausted. It is constantly taken from the earth to form the bone, the muscle and the milk of animals. A few bushels of bone dust-will often quite restore old, worn-out pastures. The ashes of all grains is very rich in phosphate of lime. This shows the importance of furnishing phosphoric acid for their use. For a full list of fertilizers see page 154. The time is at hand, however, for the introduction of more careful methods in agricultural, and to such farmers as recognize the fact, and ask for assistance, we offer our aid in the preparation of permanent grass mixtures exactly suited to individual requirements. We must know, first, the latitude and elevation of the land to be laid down to grass ; the characte
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