255 3 12 



210 IIORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. 



Native of Britain. Root perennial. 



Experiments. — The produce on the sixteenth of April from 

 a brown sandy loam, with manure, is — 



Produce per Acre, 

 dr. qr. lbs. 



Grass, 8 oz. The produce per acre - 5445 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 3 0^ 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 6 5 



At the time of flowering, the produce is — 

 Grass, 26 oz. The produce per acre - 17696 4 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry - 20 7 4494. 4 a 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 104 S 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 13272 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 3 2^ ^ 



The produce of the space, ditto - 22 3 5 



At the time the seed is ripe, the produce is — 

 Grass, 30 oz. The produce per acre - 20418 12 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry - 22 ^ 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 132 5 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 14803 9 8 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 4 ^ I9*r 9 19 

 The produce of the space, ditto - 30 5 " 



The weight of nutritive matter, in which the crop at 

 the time the seed is ripe exceeds that at the time of 

 flowering, is _ _ _ _ 308 6 9 



The produce of latter-rnath is — 

 Grass, 10 oz. The produce per acre - - 6806 4 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 3 1 345 10 1 



In the Memoirs of the Bath Agricultural Society, the Rev. 

 G. Swayne informs us, that the bush vetch " shoots earlier in the 

 spring than any other plant eaten by cattle ; vegetates late in the 

 autumn, and continues green all winter. But it is difficult to col- 

 lect the seeds, as the pods burst and scatter them about, and, 

 moreover, hardly a third part of them will vegetate, being made the 

 nidus of an insect. A patch sown in drills in a garden was cut five 

 times in the course of the second year, and produced at the rate of 

 twenty-four tons on an acre, of green food ; and when dry would 

 weigh near four tons and a half." The nutritive matter of this 

 vetch consists almost entirely of mucilage and sugar ; the bitter 

 extractive principle which exists in the nutritive matter of the 

 leaves of all grasses is here in a less proportion. The produce in 



