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to permanent pasture, as it bears close feeding, but if allowed 

 to run to seed, it becomes wiry and unpalatable to cattle. It 

 endures all the vicissitudes of heat and cold, wet and dry, as 

 well as any grass we have, and should form part of the mixture 

 for permanent grass lands. As the seed is very fine, only a 

 small quantity will be needed. 



MEADOW FOXTAIL. This grass resembles timothy, but is 

 earlier and has a softer spike. It is not valuable to sow by itself 

 for a crop, but a little of it in a permanent pasture will add 

 greatly to its value. It requires three or four years to get a 

 firm footing in the soil. The seed weighs but five pounds to 

 the bushel, and contains over seventy thousand seed to the 

 ounce. Two pounds of seed is enough for an acre. 



FOWL MEADOW GRASS. This variety is of great value for 

 low, marshy grounds, where it flourishes best. It is one of the 

 most nutritious of grasses. It thrives best in mixture with 

 other grasses, and should be sown on all rich, moist lands, 

 whether seeded for pasture or hay. 



ROUGH STALKED MEADOW GRASS. This resembles the June 

 grass, but can be distinguished from it by its having a rough 

 sheath, while the former has a smooth one. It grows best on 

 moist, sheltered meadows. It is quite nutritous, and the second 

 crop more so than the first. Seven pounds of seed to the acre 

 will form a good sward, but it is better to sow two pounds of 

 it in mixture with other grasses. 



PERENNIAL RYE GRASS. This grass is more prized abroad 

 than in this country. It is better adapted to a wet climate 

 than to one where drought is as common as with us. It is 

 quite palatable and nutritious up to the time of blossoming, when 

 it changes rapidly from a palatable and succulent plant to one 

 with much woody fiber, and but little soluble matter. 



ENGLISH BENT GRASS. This is much like red-top, but may 

 be distinguished from it by the roughness of the sheath when 

 the hand is drawn down from above. Its qualities are very 

 similar to those of red-top. 



MEADOW FESCUE. This is said to be identical with the Ran- 

 dall-grass of Virginia. It is a good pasture grass, and ripens its 



