Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm / By David Low.

  • Low, David, 1786-1859.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm / By David Low. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    some of the grasses ; and it is a point of useful practice, to de¬ termine what kinds should he selected, and in what proportions they should be mixed. The most frequently employed of the leguminous plants for mixed forage and herbage are the red and white clovers, and of the indigenous grasses, rye-grass. This grass is well suited for general culture, arriving more quickly than most of the others at maturity, producing abundance of seeds, at all times easy to be obtained, and growing well under the shade of corn. For what¬ ever period, then, land is to remain in grass after being sown, it will generally be well to sow such a quantity of the seeds of the rye-grass as will produce a crop of that grass alone, independently of the other grasses which may be mixed with it. If the land is to remain for only one year in grass, then the rye-grass alone will be sufficient to form with the clovers good forage and herbage; yet it will add to the value of the produce even for a single year, to sow it with a small proportion of the seeds of any of the indigenous grasses ; and of these, the best for this especial purpose is the meadow cat’s-tail, because it is the most easily propagated, and arrives the soonest at maturity. There may be sown 20 lb. of these two grasses in all, and 10 lb. of red and white clover, of which four-fifths may be red clover. The proportions may be— Rye-grass, Meadow Cat’s-tail, Red Clover, White Clover, 17 lb. 3 — 20 lb. 8 2 — 10 30 lb. A mixture in these proportions will yield a good produce for one season, whether it is used as herbage or forage. But if the land is to remain for more than one year in grass,