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but he afterwards cut four crops from it. On the 26th Jan- 

 uary following, it measured sixteen inches in height. The 

 last cutting was October 30th; and on the 8th April a crop 

 of twenty- two inches high was cut from it. " I was desirous 

 to know the exact amount taken per acre for the year, and 

 it amounted, on a careful measuring and weighing of green 

 hay, thirteen tons and eighteen hundred and twenty-seven 

 pounds per acre ! " (Coleman's European Agriculture.) 



It presents a most charming view, with its broad, dark 

 green foliage, and especially in a dry year, when vegetation 

 is parched up all around, it does not show any signs of los- 

 ing its fresh, living, luxuriant growth. Although an annual, 

 a meadow of this grass may be made perennial by scatter- 

 ing fresh seed over the ground every second year, and 

 scratching it with a harrow with sharp teeth. Its unusual 

 ability to withstand the vicissitudes of heat and cold would 

 make it a desirable grass in any thirsty soil, as well as in 

 moist ones, and might possibly be a valuable addition to the 

 soils of the western portion of our State. At least it is 

 worthy of a trial. 



Mr. Gould thinks the valuable qualities of this grass may 

 be summed up as follows : 



" Its habit of coming early to maturity. 



" Its rapid reproduction after cutting. 



" Its wonderful adaptation to all domestic animals, which 

 is shown by the extreme partiality they manifest for it, 

 either alone or when mixed with other grasses; whether 

 when used as green food for soiling, as hay, or as pasturage, 

 in which latter state its stems are never allowed to ripen 

 and wither like other grasses. 



" Its beneficial influence on the dairy, not only augment- 

 ing the flow of milk, but improving the flavor of the cheese 

 and butter. 



"Its uncommon hardiness and capacity to withstand the 

 vicissitudes of both wetness and dryness." 



