r 



50 CRESTED DOGS TAIL. 



hay and better adapted for pressing and shipping off 

 for the nse of horses on board, than Herd' s grass 

 (Timothy). It yields well to the acre, and will not 

 s poil, althouo'h it stands beyond the common tiin e_ojL 

 mowing. It must be sowed in low moist land. The 

 cultivation of this grass seems to be principally con- 

 lined to the New England states, where it is consid- 

 ered a valuable grass. Its merits consist in its thick 

 and abundant growth on land m^ore moist than is 

 well adapted to common upland grasses. It never 



r grows so coarse or hard but that tlie stalk is sweet 

 and tender, and eaten with out waste. 



It should enter largely into a mixture with other 

 grasses sown on good, moist soils. I have sown it 

 this spring. 



CHAPTER XIL 



CRESTED DOGS TAIL. T 



Cynos2irus CrUtatus — SpeclUc Character, 



Its spikes are simple, linear ; spikelets awnless ; 

 stems one foot high, stiff, smooth ; root perrennial, 

 fibrous and tufted. Flowers beginning of July and 

 ripens seeds end of July. 



Way's Analysis. 



100 parts as taken green from the field June 21st. 



^Vater 02.73 



Albuminous, or flesh forming principles 4.13 



Patty matters 1.32 



Heat producing principles, starch, gum, sugar, etc.. . 19. C4 

 Wooclv Fibre 9.80 



