PASTL'KES, Ml.AUmVS. AND KOUAUK 1W3 



in hoa<l, and t"oll()w<><l Ity a crop <>t' Ilunj^ariun 

 irrass, whioli thrives in hot weathor; and this in 

 I urn may ho follcved l;y oats and peas. There 

 will not h«» time in the North for th«' oats an<i 

 peas to mature, hut llifV will r«Mnain i^rccn 

 throutrh Noveml>er, and may furnish lat«' fall 

 pastur*', or may be left on tlie ground to serve as 

 u winter cover- crop (115). 



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304a. It is impracticable to treat of specifio crops in ■ 

 text-book. Grass ami forage art' ho fiituinnicntnl to the con- 

 ception of u)^ricultnre, however, that it will be profitable to 

 discuss theni, particnlarly as the cultivation of them illustrates 

 some of the underlying principles of cropping. For advicit as 

 to the iiandling of particular crops, the enquirer must go to 

 iKtoks on the special topics. 



304b. The true grosses constitute the natural family of 

 plants known to botanists as the Graminem or grass family ; 

 and this family includes all the vereal grains, as wheat, maize, 

 ond rice. In its largest sense, therefore, the word gross in 

 eludes many plants which are not commonly recognized a-* 

 grasses. 



304r. The term grass is popularly used to designate the 

 medium sized and smaller members of the grass family, such 

 as orchani- grass, timothy, ami blue-grass, and not the larger 

 grasses, as oats, sugar-cane, and bamboo. 



30t<f. The clovem are sometimes erroneously called grussea ; 

 and "a field of grass" may contain many kinds of plants. Therr 

 are many kinds of clover. The common red clover is Tn/oUum 

 pratense : the me<ii'>m red is T. meitium ; the alsike is T. hybrt- 

 dunt, with rose-tinted flowers; the white or creeping <•' 

 or shamrock, is /*. repens ; the crimson, used for covvr-cr> , 



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