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6. It may be sown in the spring or fall with small grain 

 or alone. It is best not to sow it with grain, as the extra 

 production of grass, when sown alone, is worth more than 

 the grain and grass grown together. 



ENGLISH RYE GRASS. (Lolium perenne.) 



This was the first grass cultivated in England, 

 and is a great favorite, occupying the same posi- 

 tion there that timothy does with us. It is but 

 little cultivated in the United States, though 

 some successful experiments have been made with 

 it in Tennessee. It is of quick growth, and will 

 sometimes yield forty bushels of seed per acre. 

 It produces a nutritious 'herbage. There are no 

 less than seventy varieties produced in England. 



One of the most valuable species of this grass 

 is the Lolium Italicum mentioned below. 



ITALIAN RYE GRASS. (Lolium Italicum.) 



Prof. Way gives the following analysis of this 

 grass: Water 75.61, flesh-forming principles 

 2.45, fatty matters .80, heat-producing principles 

 14.11, woody fibre 4.82, mineral substances 2.21. 



This grass has been lately introduced from 

 Europe, where it is said to be more universally 

 adapted to all sorts of climates than any other 

 grass, and is very popular there. It grows from 

 two to three feet high, and on moist, rich land, 

 will perhaps bear cutting as frequently as a soil- 

 ing or green forage crop, as any other grass, af- 



