. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. 376 OPINIONS OP upon the ground that the turf was removed irom then plough on t e upper .ide of the Inil, and «hov"l tt uuchs ut earth upon each Juad of manure, beginning a e , and so on through the season, is the e ot the barn mcreases, cart to the meadu
. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. 376 OPINIONS OP upon the ground that the turf was removed irom then plough on t e upper .ide of the Inil, and «hov"l tt uuchs ut earth upon each Juad of manure, beginning a e , and so on through the season, is the e ot the barn mcreases, cart to the meaduu- placin-.' it .hovel as belore. Fiom one ht, Joads u? good arable manure ,t makes three hundred loads of good omjxjst, and wdl make as nauch grass as so many ot .table manure. For grass, put ten cart-loads per ;; kt n! "' ''"/"^^ "^^"'^ -owing, this compo " c I^e. more grass than green manure, carted and '^ knoll or lull carted until it is level with the adjoin- ing produces more crop than before " ^ Another writes me as follows: -rop-dressing for lands ,s very beneficial, but too expensive i barn-yard manure alone is used, so much pas'es off'b, evaporation. A compost of one-half or two-thirds turf or muck, arul one-third good , is quite as to t e land, and probably better or m'!; et than a 1 manure. If ashes are nn^xed in this com- post, ,t .s all the better. But, if stable manure allneTr , ,s to be applied, it shoulo bo in autur,'so that the frosts of may incorporate it with the . ;"-ommon loads, from tlurty-threc lo thirty-five bushels &â ) (. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. Boston : Lee and Shepard
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