2U THE SOILS AND CROPS OF THE FARM. 



considers it superior to Italian rye grass. It is 

 much grown in France under the name of ray grass. 

 Forty pounds of seed may be sown per acre under 

 the same conditions as timothy. The seeds are com- 

 paratively large and should be well 

 covered. It is not always strictly peren- 

 nial. It will probably never be widely 

 used in this* country. 



Mea«low Fox - tail (Alopecurus 

 pratensis) is the only cultivated grass 

 that it is at all possible to mistake for 

 timothy. It matures fully a month earlier, 

 the seed clums are not so tall, and the 

 spikes or heads are not so long. 



It is one of the earliest grasses to start 

 in the spring and it produces an abun- 

 dant aftermath. The seed is expensive, 

 Meadow generally of poor vitality, with which it 

 (iJ?er vt^ey.) is difficult to obtain a stand. 



In Great Britain it is highly prized for pasturage. 

 It is the Kentucky blue grass of England. It is sel- 

 dom seen growing in this country. 



