198 AGRICULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



do not favor for any length of time an economical and clean 

 cultivation of the majority of our best grasses. 



Yield of Fii-Ht Cat of Gras.s, JRn/ {1896'). 



Plat 12, Kentucky blue-grass, 



Plat 17, Meadow fescue, . 



Plat 18, Meadow fescue, . 



Plat 19, Herds grass. 



Plat 21, Meadow fescue and herds grass. 



sown Sept. 24, 1889. 

 sown Sept. 2o, 1887. 

 sown Sei^t. 29, 1890. 

 sown Sept. 25, 1889. 

 sown Sept. 18, 1891. 



Plat 12, 

 Plat 17, 

 Plat 18, 

 Plat 19, 

 Plat 21, 



Yield per Plat 

 (Pounds). 



280 

 280 

 240 

 430 

 410 



Rate per Acre 

 (Pounds). 



2,100 

 2,100 

 1,800 

 3,225 

 3,075 



Some of our o])servations with grasses upon Field B de- 

 serve serious consideration of farmers in our section of the 

 country : — 



1. Italian rye grass is less lialile to be winter-killed with 

 us than English rye grass. 



2. ]\Ieadow fescue furnishes a valuable grass, as far as a 

 continuation of a healthy growth during a series of years is 

 concerned, and excels in that resi)ect the herds grass. 



3. Grass mixtures as a rule yield larger crops than the 

 same varieties when cultivated by themselves. 



