8 MEADOWS AND PASTURES 



America" was the first step, and was a labor of love. 

 With that book out of the way, I took up this one and 

 have labored on it intermittently ever since. I am con- 

 scious of its imperfections and limitations, and can only 

 plead that in America the work of learning what can be 

 done with meadows and pastures is so new that I can not 

 find data. 



Let me here give thanks to the men who have helped 

 me. On my table has lain constantly BeaFs "Grasses of 

 North America." "Spillman's Farm Grasses of the United 

 States," Thos. F. Hunt's "The Forage and Fiber Crops 

 of America," and every known bulletin of the various 

 states of America and the Department of Agriculture. I 

 have also drawn considerably from E. B. Voorhees' 

 "Forage Crops." In truth, it has not infrequently come 

 over me with wonder, "Why, here is better material than 

 you can present ; Why not tell your readers to go directly 

 to Beal, Hunt, Spillman or Voorhees rather than to read 

 a book of your own?" 



I do, indeed, earnestly advise each reader to buy all of 

 these books. They are all valuable, each one in its own 

 way. Nevertheless, I have been able here to add, I hope, 

 a little to the sum of knowledge of grasses and clovers, 

 their care and the feeding of meadow and pasture land, 

 so that maybe this book will find use on American farms. 



