The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-03-23

England, in 1861, gives the follow
ing list of grasses and clovers, ant
the quantity of each which he con
siders "the best possible mixture
for u good medium soil, neither too
heavy nor too light. These are all,
he says, "of excellent properties
and, coming to maturity at differ
ent seasons Of the year, are fount
to produce a permanent and ever
green sward:"
lbs
Atopccurus pratensis meadow fox
tall
-Anthordnthum OdOratun, (sweet YER
nal grass
Cy"Osurus cristdtus( crested dogs tall
Dtctytis 0tOnacrdta (Orchard grass
Festucd durinscutd (hard fcsc,ie)
Fcstucd prateasis meadow fcscue)
Festuc0 Ovind (shecp's fcscue)
Fesfuca ruJra (red fcscue)
Eestucd tcnuifOiia (slcnder fescuc)
Eestuc0 tOiidced (darnel-like fescue)
LOttum perenne SemperpirCns lever
green perennial dlrnel)
L'oii,tni perennc fe,,ue slender peren-
NAL darnel)
fhteuni prdtense (timothy)
Pod pratcnsis Kentucky bluegrass,
June grass
I'Oa friCiafis trough stalked meadow
IOd memorials wood meadow GRASSY
MedicagO tuputina none such medisk)
Iryotium rcpens white clover .
IrJOHun, rCpcn perenne perennial
white clOverl 4
IrJOtiun, prdtcnse perenne (peren-
NAL red clOver)
7fifetiua hybritfuna (Alsike clOver)
For varied soil in Cumberland
England, in 1876, Robert Jefferson
uses 40 lbs. per acre of the follow
ing:
q lbs. Italian rye 2 lbs. rough stalket
grass. meadow grass.
lbs. perennial do. 2 lbs. meadow fox
3 lbs. cOcksfOOt Tor tail.
chard grass. ID crested dOgstail
lbs. timothy do. ID rib grass.
3 lbs. meadow fcs-, 3 lbs. Alsikc clover
cue. > lbs. white do.
do.
3 lbs. cow-grass.
John Shukcr of Shropshire, OH
most tenacious soil, used 10 lbs. nc,
acre of the following:
4 lbs. crested dogs 2 lbs. meadow fox.
tail. tail.
l 10 sweet vernal. 4 lbs. timothy.
3 lbs. cOcksfOot. 2 lbs. Alsike clover
4 lbs. tall fcscuc. lbs. white do.
4 los. meadow fes-i y lbs. parental rye.
cue. grass.
3 lbs. rough stalked ) lbs. Italian dO.
meadow grass.
For shaley soils he used 80 lbs.
per acre of the following:
2 lbs. sweet vernal. 2 lbs. tall fescue.
3 lbs. crested dogs "A lbs. white clover.
tail. = lbs. Alsikc do.
2 lbs. meadow fcs- . lbs. rib-grass.
:, cue. slbs. parental rye
lbs. cocksfOOt. grass.
2lbs. Sleeps fcscuc. . lbs. rough stalkcl
meadOw-grass.
II. II. Huntley of Coldstrcam,
England, in the report of this year
QS76) says he "laid down three
fields to permanent grass by the
process known as "'innoculation.' -
All succeeded finely. With pillow
he turned from an old pasture-feld
strips of turf four inches wide.
These were cut up with spades into
pieces four inches long. They were
put all over tho new field in little
holes one foot apart. Then the field
vas rolled. 1havc quite often seed
ell small pieces of lawn in this way.
1t is surer and more rapid way
than by using seed for lawns.
PERMANENT PASTURES.
1t is the general belief in Great
Britain, so far as | can learn, that
permanent pasture when properly
managed yields a better quality of
grass or hay than one newl y seeded,
and that the quantity does not di-
minish with the age of the pasture.
They often seed new piece with
out any crop, like oats or wheat.
Sometimes the mixture of light
seeds is sown, and then the mixture
of heavy seeds sown by itself OH the
same ground to spread all evenly.
If the ground is well prepared, a
newly seeded field will need no ma
nure for two or three years. Most
British pastures will grow poor and
thin and run out, as VIC say, unless
they are MANFRED and otherwise
properly attended to. IF VIC con-
tinually take offand plumber field,
what other result can be expected?
Manure often goes upon the arabic
land with US.
j. Dixon of Cheshire, England,
in prize essay for 1858, says: "Af-
ter 70 years of experience l have
no hesitation in pronouncing bones
to be pre-eminent above all other
manures for the improvement of
grass lands, when permanency as
NCil bo OOoI dIC COusIuCTtu. TIC
is decidedly in favor of raw bones,
ground and applied in early spring.
Tic cites one case treated with bro
ken bones 20 years previous, where
the effect was still very marked. In
one case, about 1000 lbs. of bones
to the acre in two years caused tho
yearly rent of an acre to go from
30 shillings up to 80 shillings, with
. greater profit to the tenant. lie
gives other cascs,-among them
farm of 100 acres on which the far
ncr expended 93O0 sterling worth
Of bones in year. The stock for
nerly kept consisted of 20 COWS,
md 3 or 4 horses and colts. After
.rcating with bones the fields pas
;ured 43 cows, IL head of young
stock, 5 horses, and 3 colts, and one
ourth of the farm in tillagc. Sim