(66) 



formers, 3.70; fat, 1.02; heat- producers, 12.46; woody fibre, 11.83; 

 ash, 1.66. The Woburn experiments gave as the produce of one 

 acre, 18,376 pounds, cut in flower; loss in drying 10,116 pounds; 

 nutritive matter, 1,004 pounds. Cut in seed, the produce weighed 

 19,075 pounds, loss in drying, 10,481 pounds, leaving nutritive ex- 

 tract, 446 pounds. It grows well on a sandy loam. The seeds 

 weigh ten pounds to the bushel. 

 TALL MEADOW OAT GHA.SS(Arrhenatherumavenaceum.) 



This grass is very popular in France, from whence it was intro- 

 duced, and is there known by the name of "Ray Grass." 



It will grow well on any land that produces clover. Its limit is 

 about 1,500 feet above the sea. It grows quickly and forms a very 

 excellent grass for early pasturage, probably earlier than any other. 

 It is mown down for hay, and, after cutting, it throws up a perfect 

 mat of aftermath, that will yield an extremely rich pasture. It 

 was only introduced into Tennessee a few years ago, and it has re- 

 ceived extravagant praises, as is usual with new introductions. 

 It succeeds well in West Tennessee, and will probably suit that 

 locality better than any other grass, ex- 

 cept Herd's grass. It would form a 

 good grass to mix with others, such as 

 timothy, Herd's grass, clover or blue- 

 grass. 



The analysis of the hay by Way, is as 

 follows: Flesh -formers, 12.95; fatty 

 matters, 3.19 ; heat-producing principles, 

 38.03; woody fibre, 34.24; mineral mat- 

 ters, 11.59. 



This shows it to rank as a nutritious 

 the best of the meadow 



among 



grasses, and almost equal to any of the 

 pasture grasses, though it is said cattle and 

 sheep do not like to be confined to it alone. 

 The produce from an acre from Mr. Sin- 

 clair's experiments at Woburn, was 17,- 

 015 pounds; loss in drying 11,635 pounds ; 

 nutritive matter, 664 pounds. Cut when 

 the seeds were ripe the weight was 16,335 

 pounds; loss in drying, 10,617 pounds; 

 nutritive matter, 255 pounds. Weight 

 of aftermath, 13,612 pounds ; nutritive 

 matter of which was 265 pounds. 



