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It is highly propable that the reason Gen. Hardings meadows 

 fail in six or seven years, is the fact, he admits, of pasturing them. 

 It is a well ascertained fact that timothy will not bear pasturing, 

 and attention to this and leaving the first joint uncut will most 

 probably make our meadows again live twenty or thirty years. 



At the meeting of the Stock Breeders' Association in February, 

 1878, Gen. W. H. Jackson said that the best forerunner of timothy 

 is Hungarian grass. If this is sown in the summer and harvested 

 in August or September, and timothy sown upon the stubble and 

 harrowed in, the best stand could be obtained. The Hungarian 

 grass destroys all noxious weeds, and gives a certain degree of com- 

 pactness to the soil necessary to secure a good stand of timothy. 

 RED-TOPHERD'S G-RASS (Agrostis mlgaris.) 



It was introduced from England, where it was known as Bent 

 grass. When first cultivated it went by the name of English grass. 

 There are many species now raised in England, which are still 

 known as Fine Bent. It is scattered over the whole State, and but 

 few old pastures are free from it, but there it is so dwarfed by close 

 grazing and treading that it shows to but little advantage. It is 

 commonly called in these situations fine-top. 



Next in importance to timothy as a meadow grass stands Herd's 

 grass. Unlike the former, it also makes a good grazing grass in 

 fact, grazing is necessary to its preservation, as, if allowed to go to 

 seed a few years, it dies out. It loves a moist soil, and on swampy 

 places that will grow scarcely anything else, Herd's grass will 

 thrive wonderfully. 



It is the most permanent grass we have, and by 

 means of its long, creeping roots, will, even if sown 

 too thin, quickly take possession of the ground. 

 It is greedily eaten while young and tender, in the 

 spring, by all kinds of stock, and affords a fine 

 nourishing, hay, though in less quantity per acre 

 than timothy. It grow=* from two to three feet 

 high, and with its purplish panicles, when in full 

 blooin, presents a most charming sight in its soft, 

 feathery undulations. 



It is oftener mixed with other grasses than sown 

 alone, especially with timothy and clover. But it 

 fails to come into harvest as early as clover, and the same objections 



