HOW TO GROW GOOD GRASSES. 



means so abundant in sheep pastures; whence has 

 arisen the idea with some farmers that "too much 

 sheep-grazing wears out the richer grasses." 



We should always recommend cocksfoot as a part 

 of mixtures for permanent pasture, taking care to 

 well roll the meadow once or twice a year — a process 

 of great importance — to keep the turf in an even pile, 

 and so prevent that growing of large clusters or 

 hassocks of one sort, a method of growth to which 

 the cocksfoot is somewhat prone. 



The Hough-stalked 

 Meadow Grass (Poa 

 trivialis, fig. 19) is a 

 common species in 

 moist meadows, where 

 it often forms a con- 

 siderable portion of 

 the herbage : it is dis- 

 tinguished from the 

 smooth-stalked by the 

 long - pointed tongue 

 (Ugule) to the leaves 

 ^S^J (a), and a stem which 

 is somewhat rough to 

 the feel, especially 

 when drawn downwards 

 through the fingers. 

 This grass yields a 

 quantity of herbage, 

 but our experience 

 leads us to conclude 



Fig.19. The Rough-stalked Meadow Grass. th&t it doeg nQJ . possess 



quite so good a quality as Sinclair and authors who 

 have copied from him would lead us to suppose, as we 



