VARIETY OP GRASSES, 



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being ripe ; whereas the later summer grasses are most 

 valuable at the time of first flowering. Thus it happens 

 that both are in fit condition to be cut at the same time, 

 although the former are much further advanced than 

 the latter. 



There is also the Cock's- 

 Foot Grass, a coarser but 

 still a valuable species of 

 herbage ; coming into blos- 

 som in June, and ripening 

 its seed in July. This grass 

 springs up very readily after 

 being cut, and, therefore, 

 yields good produce through- 

 out the season. If mixed 

 with other grasses in a fair 

 proportion, according to the 

 nature of the soil, it is con- 

 sidered equal to most of the 

 pasture grasses. 



We cannot look far with- 

 out discovering a quantity 

 of Fox-tail Grass. This is 

 greatly liked by cattle, and 

 in consequence forms a large 

 proportion of the grass of 

 our most celebrated pastures. 

 This grass is not in full per- 

 fection till about four years 

 after being sown. The weight 

 of grass produced each sea- 

 son is considerably less than 

 that of the cock's-foot, but 

 the nutritive matter is more 

 abundant in proportion. 

 Sheep are particularly fond of the Meadow Fox-tail 

 Grass : and when combined with white clover on a 

 sandy loam, this herbage has been found, in the second 



FOX-TAIL GKASS. 



