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lowing feafon after the firft year’s crop; for the 
feed is not apt to drop out of the hufk, but con- 
tinues there until-the ftem rots, and the entire 
panicle falls to the ground. The quality which 
this grafs pofleffes, of not fhedding its feeds, may 
be turned to account by the farmer; as it might 
be very advantageoufly mixed with red clover, 
‘and would produce in the firft feafon a very plen- 
tiful crop, without annoying the clover on the 
enfuing year. Care mult be taken, however, that 
the proportion of the feed of this grafs to that of 
the clover be not too great, as it might gréw too 
thick, and prevent the fubfequent growth of the 
latter. If cultivated feparately, like barley and 
eats, and the crop judicioufly intermixed with 
other graffes in the hay-rick at the time of draw- 
ing home, it would make the whole very accep- 
table to cattle; as the Bromus fecalinus bears 
abundance of feed, which is large and mealy, 
and of courfe nutritive and fubftantial. The 
flowers dye green. Sheep, cows, goats and 
horfes eat it. A. July. 
Irish. 
* I would not be underftood to difcourage the ufual 
practice of fowing barley or oats with red clover, or to re- 
commend this grafs in preference; but it may fometimes 
happen, that from a fcarcity of meadow the above practice 
may he advifable. 
