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have tested it, worthy of all the extravagant encomiums 

 bestowed upon it. 



An analysis shows the hay to contain : 



Flesh formers 14.4 



Heating properties 22.5 



Crude fibre 40.0 



Fat 2.5 



Ash 6.4 



It will be seen that in flesh- forming constituents it sur- 

 passes red clover by one per cent. 



SAINFOIN OR ESPARSETTE. (Onobrychis 



Experiments have been made with this grass, and though 

 so valuable in France as to be called sacred, it has not 

 proved a success here. It requires two or three years to 

 arrive at maturity, and during that time has to be watched 

 closely, or it will be choked up with weeds or grasses. It 

 does not yield as much hay as either red clover or lucerne, 

 but is of a very superior kind, and is much vaunted as a 

 good butter-making hay. It does not give cows the hoven, 

 however much they may eat of it. Its seeds are also said 

 to be superior to oats, and more nutritious, and are very 

 fine for fowls, inciting them to lay. It does best on lime- 

 stone soils, though succeeding well on gravelly or sandy 

 land, and will stand a large amount of heat, though not 

 much cold. It wor.ld probably suit the country further 

 south better than Tennessee, though I have seen it growing 

 in Stewart county, having been brought there by a Swiss 

 family. It would probably grow on all our calcareous soils. 



