Tall fescue grass. 

 Hard fescue grass. 

 Meadow feseue grass. 

 Spiked fescue grass. 

 Meadow soft grass. 

 Sweet M. soft grass. 

 Orchard grass. 

 Red clover. 

 Timothy. 

 Kentucky blue grass. 



Sinclair's experiments show : 1st. that meadow fescue between 

 the times of blooming and maturing seed, loses | of its nutritive 

 value ; or that it has three times as much nutritive materials 

 when in bloom as when 7 the seed are ripe : 2nd. that the produce 

 of tall fescue was to that of meadow fescue as 3 to 1 ; and 3rd. 

 that the percentage of nutritive matter in the former to that in 

 the latter was as 8 to 6 ; and finally that the nutritive value of 

 an acre of tall fescue was four times greater than that of an acre 

 of meadow fescue, more than twice that of red clover, and e- 

 qualled by that of lucerne alone. In preparing the above table 

 I have taken each plant at that stage in which it contains the 

 largest quantity of nutrition. The fescue grasses cut in bloom 

 are more digestible and their nutritive value enhanced no little 

 as compared with the other plants named in the table out at a 

 stage when less digestible. 



Of all the nutritive matter contained in fescue grass, 20 per 

 cent forms flesh and 9 per cent bone nerve etc., just the thing for 

 the rapid development of young animals. Weight for weight, 

 however, red clover furnishes much more of flesh and bone form- 

 ing materials than the grasses. The table will enable the read- 

 er to make other useful comparisons and deductions. 



Although tall fescue is coarser than meadow fescue, stock 

 seem to like it as well, and it is equally good for pasture, green 

 soiling or hay. It may be planted at the same times and in the 

 same quantity as the meadow fescue. While the latter matures 

 very large crops of seed, and is hence called fertile fescue, the 

 former in some localities matures so few that it has j been called 

 infertile fescue. It may be multiplied by parting and setting 

 out the roots. It grows well wherever meadow fescue does, 

 and on wetter lands and in shade also. Both are useful in stop- 

 ping washes. 



3. F. DURIUSCULA, Hard Fescue, contains according to 

 Way's analysis : 



In 100 parts taken from the field, green. dried 



Water, 69.33 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles, 3.70 12.10 



Fatty matters, 1.02 3.34 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, 



gum etc., 12.46 40.43 



Woody fibre, i 11.83 38.71 



Mineral matter or ash, 1.66 5.42 



