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«ist in extending its propagation myself, and in recommending 

 ats cultivation to others, which is the decided preference given 

 % my horses, sheep, and cows to it, whether green or in hai/, 

 ■above all other grasses. 



But I have of late so fully detailed the curious properties 

 «nd valuable qualities of this native grass of ours, indifferent 

 essays on the subject, that I shall not enter into a repetition 

 of what I have already published, but proceed to the grass 

 I con&idei' as «ext in value, the 



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By placing our common Cocksfoot so high in rank, I shall 

 excite surprise ; foi' though this grass be mentioned respect- 

 fully by some writers, yet I do not recollect any of them that 

 recommend its cultivation, nor did I ever hear of its being 

 «ownfor use; I do not even find its name in any of the ran- 

 dom mixtures that agricultural book-makers are so fond of 

 giving u«. 



When we examine the question a pi-iori, vre shall find the 

 chief qualities that give value to a grass are three — earliness^ 

 quantity of produce, and powers of regeneration when cut of 

 eaten down. 



Therefore, in establishing the value of what I may almost 

 call a new grass, it is necessary to inquire how it stands^ when 

 examined with a view to each of these points separately. 



As to earliness, the Cocksfoot is, in sward, on a footing with 



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