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rather hard and somewhat tough, but it is sweet and 

 very nutritious. Animals like it well and cattle fatten 

 on it. 'Horses especially thrive on Canada bluegrass and 

 when it is sometimes made into hay, horsemen are glad 

 to have a chance to buy it. 



It is right curious how widely distributed is Canada 

 bluegrass. I have seen it in northern Idaho. It is said 

 that as early as 1823 it was found growing wild along 

 the upper Saskatchewan in Canada. It is everywhere 

 in the eastern states of America and as far south as Ten- 

 nessee and the mountains of North Carolina. It is not 

 a southern grass, but will endure about the same amount 

 of heat and drouth as its cousin, Kentucky bluegrass. 



Canada bluegrass is less particular about its soil than 

 is Kentucky bluegrass. It likes clays and hard soils; 

 it comes where the land is rather infertile and makes 

 the best of it. Where there is not quite enough lime, not 

 quite enough fertility for bluegrass, we find this hard- 

 ier type. Sow the two together and if the soil is in- 

 fertile and lime lacking, presently the Canada bluegrass 

 will have possession and the Kentucky cousin will have 

 retreated. Enrich that soil and it may be that the Canada 

 cousin must retreat while the more pampered cousin 

 comes to the front. It is. a fair indication of land to 

 note which of these grasses it supports in nature. I 

 should say that land supporting spontaneously Kentucky 

 bluegrass was worth about 50 per cent more than that 

 growing Canada bluegrass ; there may be even a greater 

 difference than that. It is a good grass, though, not to 

 be despised grass that holds its color and freshness even 



