1838] 



FARMERS' REGISTER 



665 



17696 4 



35732 13= 2233 4 13 



01. or lbs. per acre. 

 64 dr. of grass wei^h wlien^ 



Vh'''^ r fii '^^'''■•1-152460 0=9528 12 

 The produce of the space ( 



ditto . . 224 J 

 The weight lost by the 1 



produce of one acre in > 



dryinf^ ... J 



64 dr. of grass afford of nu-1 



tritive matter 5.1 dr. (_ 

 The produce of the space, ( 



ditto . . 52.2 J 

 The weight of nutritive matter which is 



lost by taking the crop at the time the 



grass is in flower, being more than half 



of its value 1600 8 10 



The proportional value which the grass at the 

 time of (lowering bears to that at the time the seed 

 is ripe, is as 17 to 21. 



The produce of latter-math is — 



Grass, 25 oz. The produce 



per acre . . - 272250 0=17015 10 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutri- 

 tive matter 4.1 dr. . 18079 1=1129 15 1 



The grass of the latter-math crop, and of the 

 crop at the time of flowering, faking the whole 

 quantity, and their relative proportions of nutritive 

 matter, are in value nearly as 6 to 10; the value of 

 the grass at the time the seed is ripe exceeds that 

 of the la'.ter-math in proportion as 21 to 17. 



Though this is one of the earliest of the flower- 

 ing grasses, it is fender, and the produce in the 

 eprin<r is inconsiderable. If, however, the quanti- 

 ty of nutritive matter which it affords be com- 

 pared with that of any of those species which 

 flower nearly at the same fin)e, it will be found 

 greatly superior. It sends forth but a small num- 

 ber of flowcr-sialks, which are of a slender struc- 

 ture compared to the size of the leaves. This 

 Avill account in a great measure tiir the equal 

 quantities of nutritive matter afforded by the grass 

 at the time of flowering, and the latter-math. 



in. Cynnsurus ccBriileus. Engl. Bot. 1613. Host. 

 G. A. ii. f.98. 

 Blue moor-grass. Nat. of Britain. Sesleria 

 carulea. 

 At the time the seed is ripe, the produce from a 

 light sandy soil is — 



Grass, 10 oz. The produce 



per acre . . " . 1089000 0=6806 4 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutri- 

 tive matter 3.3 dr. . . 6380 13= 398 12 13 

 The produce of this grass is greater than its ap- 

 pearance would denote; the leaves seldom attain 

 to more than four or five inches in length, and the 

 flower stalks seldom rise to more. Fts growth is 

 not rapid after being cropped, nor does it seem to 

 withstand the effects of frost, which, if it happen 

 to be severe and early in the spruig, checks it so 

 much as to prevent it from flowering lor that sea- 

 son; otherwise the quantity of nutritive matter 

 which the grass affords (for the straws are very 

 inconsiderable) would rank it as a valuable grass 

 lor permanent pasture. 



IV^. Alopecurus pratensis. Curt. Lond. Alo. 

 myosuroides. Meadow fo,x- tail grass. Nat. 

 of Brit. Engl. Bot. 848. 



At the time of flowering, the produce li-om a 

 clayey loam is — 

 Vol. VI.— 84 



The produce 



or lbs. per acre. 

 0=20418 12 



Grass, 30 oz 



per acre . . " . 326700 

 80 dr. of grass weigh when "j 



rru'^^ i" e t\ ^^'^'"* }■ 98010 0=6125 10 

 The produce of the space, ,' 



ditto . . .336 j 

 The weight lost by the ^ 



produce of one acre in > 14293 2 



drying ... J 



64 dr. of gra.ss afford of n\x- 1 



tritive matter 1.2 dr. f 7557 q^ 475 9 

 1 he produce of the space, ! 



ditto . . 11.1 J 



The produce from a sandy loam is — 



Grass, 12 oz. 8 dr. The pro- 

 duce per acre . . 186125 0= 8507 13 



80 dr. of grass weigh when ") 



T-K "^^ ) ■ f *u ^^ '^'^' V 40837 9= 2552 5 8 

 The produce of the space, ' 



ditto . . 60 j 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nu- \ 



tritive matter 1 

 The produce of the space, f" 2126 15= 132 14 15 



ditto . . 3.0J j 



At the time the seed is ripe, the produce from 



the clayey loam is — 



Grass, 19 oz. The produce 



per acre . . . 206910 0=12931 14 



SO dr. of grass weigh when ^ 

 dry . . . 36 dr. '. 



The produce of the space, »" ^3103 8=3819 5 2 

 ditto . . 136,3| j 



The weight lost by the pro- 

 duce of one acre in drying . . 7111 g 14 



64 dr. of grass afford of nu- "1 



tritive matter 2.1 dr. i __„ ^ 



The produce of the space, ' '^'^ ■*= '^^^ ^ * 

 ditto . . 9.975 j 



The weight of nutritive matter which is 

 lost by leaving the crop till the seed be 

 ripe, being one twenty-fifth part of its 



value 17 8 11 



The p-oporfional value which the grass at the 



time of flowering bears to that at the time the 



seed is ripe, is as 6 to 9. 



The latter-math produce, from the clayey loam, 



is — 



Grass, 12 oz. The produce 



per acre . . . 130680 0= 8167 8 



64 dr. of grass afford of nu- '] 



tritive matter 2 dr. i .^qo ,« ok.k o ,« 



The produce of the space, f ^^^^ ^^=' 2&5 3 12 

 ditto . . 6 j 



The proportional value which the whole of the 

 latter-math crop hears to that at the time the seed 

 is ripe, is as 5 to 9, and to that at the time of 

 flowering, proportionably as 13 to 24. 



The above statement clearly shows that there 

 is nearly three-fourths of produce greater from a 

 clayey loam than (i-om a sandy soil, and the grass 

 from the latter is comparatively of le.'s value, in 

 proportion as 4 to 6. The straws produced by the 

 sandy soil are deficient in number, and in everv 

 respect less than those fiom the clayey loam'; 

 which will account for the unequal quantities of" 

 iiutritive matter afforded by them; but the propor- 

 tional value in which the grass of the latter-math 

 exceeds that of the crop at the time of flowering, 

 is as 4 to 3: a difference which appears exlraordl- 

 nary, when the qunntity of flower stalks which 

 are in the grass at the time of flowering is consi- 



