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similar instances. It thrives best on dry, rich, limestone lands, and if 

 the grass is not eaten down in the summer it will afford a luxuriant 

 pasture all through the winter in Southern districts, and until the 

 ground is buried under the snow in the North. The Southern 

 mountain region is peculiarly adapted in soil and climate to this. 



KENTUCKY BLUE GKASS (POA PKATENSIS). 



grass. "When sown alone two to three bushels of seed are required 

 to the acre. It may be sown with wheat or rye in the fall. On 

 account of its slow, weak growth at first, it is better to sow the seed 

 with a grain crop. 



RED TOP AND FOWL MEADOW GRASS. 



These two grasses are specially adapted for low, wet lands. Be- 

 claimed swamp meadows produce them in luxuriance. Elsewhere, 

 and on dry ground, they afford fair pasture but a light hay, and are 

 not to be recommended for such soils. But where the land lies low, 



