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Saturday, January 31. 



Mr. Williams, of Knox county, presided. 



The question for discussion was. What grasses are best 

 adapted to different soils, the best for pasturage and meadow; 

 the best modes of putting the seed in, and the best mode of 

 curing the grasses for hay? 



Mr. Fletcher said that an enquiry had been made last even- 

 ing, whether our common blue grass was the same as that of 

 Kentucky. At the first settlement of this country, blue grass 

 was found at various places ; at Andersontown, Fort Wayne, 

 and the island at this place. He had conversed with some 

 gentlemen of Ohio, who were familiar with it there, and they 

 all concurred in the opinion that it was the same grass as the 

 Kentucky. The difference in its appearance, at different 

 places, was attributable to particular and local causes. When 

 the ground was trodden hard, the grass becomes small here as 

 it does from the same cause in Kentucky, and both then pre- 

 sent the same appearance. In Pennsylvania, this grass is 

 called Green grass, and in New York, June grass. It is w^ell 

 adapted to clay soils, that are not too wet, and also to swamps 

 that have been drained. It grows well as far south as middle 

 Tennessee, especially among the mountainous districts of that 

 State. He regarded it as the best grass for pasturage. Cat- 

 tle like it better than Clover, and, take the whole season 

 round, he preferred it for hogs. Mr. Waddle, of Ohio, had 

 informed him that if cattle are kept on this grass during the 

 winter, they will take fat in the spring as readily as if they 

 had been fed on corn. During the month of December, he 

 had kept 100 head of cattle on 40 acres of Blue grass, which 

 had not been pastured from the June previous. They re- 

 mained in as good condition as they had been in the month 

 previous, when they were on good timothy meadows. He 

 did now allow them to eat too close, lest the pasture might 

 be injured. 



