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country. Jt is much cultivated in England, 

 and has been known to yield nine tons to the 

 acre, in a season. Given to.cows, it increases 

 the quantity and improves the quality of milk. 



4. Cafs-tail or Timothy grass. This grass 

 is a native of the United States. It is some- 

 times called Cat's-tail from the resemblance of 

 its head to the tail of a cat. It often goes by 

 the name of Herd's grass, and is, perhaps, bet- 

 ter known in New-England by this than any 

 other name. It is said that it was first found 

 in a swamp in Piscataqua, (Portsmouth, New- 

 Hampshire,) by one Herd, who propagated it. 

 It is the best of all our grasses. It often yields 

 two or three tons of good hay to the acre, and 

 thirty or forty bushels of seed. This grass was 

 unknown in England until 1780, when it was 

 taken thither by one Hudson. 



