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live as some of the other grasses, but very much relished by 

 stock. Adapted only to moist soils, in connection with other 

 grasses. AVooD Meadow Grass is a fine, succulent, nutritive 

 grass, losing only fifty-five per cent, in curing, and is 

 worthy of more general cultivation in connection with other 



grasses. 



Fowl Meadow Grass, {Poa SeroUna,) one of the earliest 

 and best of -the cultivated grasses. It is both productive and 

 nutritive, but its chief recommendation above other grasses is 

 that it may be cut at any time from July to October. It makes 

 a sweet and tender hay, the aftermath containing more nutri- 

 ment than orchard or oat grass. It should always be mixed 

 with other grasses in rich moist soils. Meadow Fescue is a 

 pasture grass natural to moist pastures, ripens its seeds early, 

 and scatters them itself. If ever sown it should be with several 

 other grasses. Italian Eye Grass gives an early and con- 

 stant growth of nutritive foliage, but not as good as many 

 other grasses. Tall or Meadow Oat Grass is well calcula- 

 ted for a permanent pasture grass, growing spontaneously on 

 deep sandy soils when once introduced, and also succeeding on 

 tenacious clover soils. 



Sweet Scented Yernal Grass is not very valuable for 

 hay, giving but twenty per cent, of hay ; and its chief value as a 

 pasture grass is its early and constant growth, and its peculiar 

 pleasant flavor, which it imparts to the butter made from it. It 

 should be sown with a large mixture of other grasses. Black 

 Grass is the best product of salt marshes ; Sea Spear Grass 

 or Goose Grass, being next in importance, the hay made from 

 the mixture of the two making a valuable fodder when fully 

 cured. Many barren tracts of salt marsh might be made to 

 yield valuable crops of the grasses, if properly ditched, while the 

 peaty matter taken out would repay a large portion of the ex- 



