GRASSES 



AND 



FORAGE PLANTS 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE, 



COMPRISING 



THEIR NATURAL HISTORY ; COMPARATIVE NUTRITIVE VALUE ; METHODS 

 OF CULTIVATING, CUTTING, AND CURING; AND THE MANAGE- 

 MENT OF GRASS LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES 

 AND BRITISH PROVINCES. 



BY 



CHARLES L. FLINT, 



>N "MILCH COWS AXD DAIRY FARMING," 



WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ILLUSTRATIONS, 



FOURTH EDITION, 



BEVISED AND ENLARGED. 



BOSTON: 

 PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY 



13 WISTKB STREET. 



1859. 



