38 TALL OAT GRASS. 



100 parts of the grass dried at 212 Fahr. 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 12.95 



Fatty matter 3.19 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar,gum, etc.... 38.03 



Woody fibre 34.24 



Mineral matter or ash 11.59 



100.00 



Tall Oat Grass, though a coarse plant, yet vege- 

 tates with great luxuriance; it is early and pro- 

 ductive, and affords a plentiful aftermath. It ap- 

 proaches the meadow fox tail in excellence, for which 

 it may prove a substitute in many cases. It is some- 

 times found abundant in meadows in England. And 

 on the continent of Europe it is cultivated with ad- 

 vantage. It is found most beneficial when retained 

 in a close state of feeding. It makes good hay, is 

 natural to sandy loams but thrives best on strong, 

 tenacious clays in England. Tall Oat Grass was in- 

 troduced into this country about the begining of the 

 present century. Judge Buel, of Albany, speaking 

 of it in 1823, says: "It possesses the advantage of 

 early, quick and late growth, for which the cock' s 

 foot is esteemed, tillers well and is admirably calcu- 

 lated for a pasture grass. I measured some on the 

 20th of June, when in blossom, (when it 

 should be cut for hay) and found it four and a half 

 feet long. I have sown it in autumn and spring, with 

 clover, on a sandy loam, with good effect." 



W. F. Tallant, Christiansburgh, Virginia, writing 

 to me, 15th of February, 1875, says of it: "Tall Oat 

 Grass (or as it is called here in Virginia, Peruvian 

 grass,) is a very valuable variety of grass, and in 

 one or two points has the advantage over orchard 

 .grass, which it resembles in its time of maturity, 



