. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. T7IE g; ::s, MEADOW^, etc thougn iiostly m full blossom, still pushing out new .ranches and buds, when the former was fit to cut.'^ The quantity o seed required per acre, depends on the soil and its condition iwelve quarts on
. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. T7IE g; ::s, MEADOW^, etc thougn iiostly m full blossom, still pushing out new .ranches and buds, when the former was fit to cut.'^ The quantity o seed required per acre, depends on the soil and its condition iwelve quarts on a fine mellow tilth, are sufficient, and equal to twice this quantity on a stiff clay. Heavier seed- ing than this may be practised with advantage, and especial- ly, where it is desirable to cover the surface at once with a thick Fig. 5. Fig. 6 Fig. 7. _ Meadow Fox Tail {Alopecurus pratensis Fig. 5) This IS a favorite grass in England, both for meadows and pasture. It grows early and abundantly, and gives a lar^e quantity of aftermath. It is best suited to a soil, bog clay or loam. It is indigenous to the middle States. feMooTH Stalk Meadow, Green, Spear or June Grass. he erroneously called Blue Grass of Kentucky (Poaprd temis Fig. 6), is highly ;teemed for hay and pasture It IS indigenous and abounds through the country, but does not appear to reach its highest perfection north of the valley of the Ohio. It IS seen in its glory in Kentucky and Tennes- see. 1 he seed ripens in June and is self-sown upon the ground, where the succeeding rains give it vitality; and it pushes out Its long, rich slender leaves, two feet in lieio-ht which in autumn, fail over in thick windrows, mattino-^he whole surface with luscious herbage. Upon these fields, which nave been carefully protected till the other fora-e is exhaust- ed, the cattle are turned and fatten through the whiter It maintains its freshness and nutritive properties in spite o. irost and Jie cattle easily rea
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