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lown with oats or barley. No cattle should feed on it 

 the two tirst seasons. 



When cured into hay, it should be cut before the 

 blossoms turn much ; (it is at no time to be cut before 

 it is in full bloom ;) and manag"ed the same as for clov- 

 er. It is a fine hay for sheep. If saved for seed it 

 must be the first cutting. In collecting the seed, cut 

 the grass when the early seeds are getting ripe, with- 

 out waiting for the latter blossoms to shed. Thresh it 

 in the field on a cloth, as much will be lost by shedding 

 if carried to the barn. 



It is the opinion of Mr. Rohhins^ that this plant is as 

 hardy as the red clover, as little liable to be winter 

 killed; for the winter of 1822, which killed so much 

 clover, did not affect at all the sanibin plants, in his 

 garden, and no way protected from the irost. 



Redtop^ (^Agrostis vulgaris'^ — with spreading panicle, 

 and the branches divergent and capillary, differs from 

 spear grass (^Poa pratensis^ also excellent) with which it 

 has been confounded, and which flowers much earlier. 

 Red-top is cultivated considerably in this part of the 

 country, and seems to succeed well on either moist or 

 dryish land. Some say that on wet land no grass an- 

 swers so well as red-top. It yields a good crop, and 

 makes good hay. 



Orchard Grass^ {Dactijlis glomerata) called Cock's 

 foot by English writers. This grass is worthy of being 

 cultivated on account of its uncommon luxuriance. Ox- 

 en, horses, cows, and sheep eat it readily, and it is val- 

 uable on account of its expellent after-feed. It affords 

 an abundant crop, springs early, and grows fast, makes 

 excellent hay, and yields abundance of see*^, which is 

 not easily shaken out. It is a hardy grass, found highly 

 useful on moist loamy soils, — thriving under the shade 

 of trees, which probably occasioned its name. In.in- 

 stances where Herds-grass (^Thnothy) is now used with 

 clover, farmers would do well to make the experiment 

 of substituting orchard grass. This comes early, is soon 

 mature, and continues green until late in the season as 

 clover does : Herds-gra^s is late in coming in the spring, 

 and late in ripening. Orchard grass intended for fodder 

 should be cut while young and tender. 



