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hence the name of one variety. Mixed with other grasses the 

 sheep's fescue would be a good addition to our native grasses. It 

 would be especially useful on dry hill- sides, or sandy, old fields, 

 where blue-grass will not thrive well. It has long leaves, and they 

 are much sought for by cattle. It has been grown extensively in 

 East Tennessee, and is grown in some localities in Davidson county, 

 without much success. The Hon. Staunton Gould says this grass 

 forms the great bulk of the sheep pastures of the Highlands of 

 Scotland, where it is the favorite food of the sheep, and where the 

 shepherds believe it to be more nutritious for 

 flocks than any other. Gmelin says the Tartars 

 choose to encamp during the summer where this 

 grass is most abundant, because they believe it to 

 be the most wholesome for all cattle, but es- 

 pecially for sheep. Linnaeus asserts that sheep 

 have no relish for hills and heaths without it. 

 It grows in dry sandy soils, where all other veg- 

 etation parches up. The roots are long, turf 

 short and dense, making it well suited for lawns. 

 It retains its verdure during the most extended 

 droughts. It will not bear maturing, for then it 

 is dispossessed by other grasses. Its great value 

 is for pasturage upon sandy soils. It will suit 

 the Cumberland Table- land. The "Woburn ex- 

 periments showed that, cut at the time of flow- 

 ering, the product of one acre was 5,445 pounds, 

 which gave 212 pounds of nutritive matter. The 

 same number of pounds was obtained, cut when 

 the seeds were ripe, but there were only 127 

 pounds of nutritive matter. The aftermath 

 yielded 3,403 pounds of hay, having 66 pounds 

 of nutritive matter. From this it appears that there is a difference 

 between the results obtained by chemists and practical feeders as to 

 its nutritive properties. 



