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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



The degree of success upon permanent meadows, as far as 

 the quality and quantity of the annual yield of hay is con- 

 cerned, depends largely upon the care taken to ascertain the 

 most advantageous relative proportion of both mentioned 

 classes of grasses under existing local circumstances. To 

 secure the highest attainable yield requires careful local 

 observations. 



Grasses raised upon one and the same land^ should also be 

 selected as far as practicable with reference to a correspond- 

 ing j^eriod of blooming ; they should be cut for hay when the 

 majority of them are fairly advanced in blooming. The 

 adoption of this course imparts to the crop the highest attain- 

 able nutritive value. The following statement contains the 

 names of some of the prominent grasses, classified with 

 reference to their tendency of growth and their adaptation 

 to dry and moist soils : — 



List of Reputed Grasses (Perennials). 



/. For Dry or Moderately Moist Soils. 

 («) First class (tall-growing grasses) : — 



Meadow fox-tail {Alopccurns prdtensis). 

 Meadow fescue (Fcstuca pratcusis) , 

 Red fescue (Fcstuca rubra), .... 

 Timothy, herd's grass (Fhlcuni 2Jrate}isc), , 



{/)) Second class (low-growing grasses) : — 

 English bent (Agrostis alba) , . . . 



Sweet-scented vernal grass {Anthoxanlimm 



turn), 



Yellow oat grass (^4 i'e?i«/7a?r.scf«s), 



Sheep's fescue (i^cN??<c« ovma), 



Tiovfnj oa,t ^Vcxm {Arena pubesce7is) , . 



French rye grass, tall oat grass {Arrhcnathcrum 



naccum), ....... 



English rye grass {Lolium p)crenne) , . 

 Italian rye grass (Lo/zwm zYaZzcm«), 

 Kentucky blue-grass (Po« ^7ra;;e/m.s), . 



//. For Moist and Wet Soils 



(a) First class (tall-growing grasses) : — 

 Timothy, herd's grass (^Phleum pratense). 

 Fowl meadow (Poa sero^/^rt), 

 Rough-stalked meadow grass {Poa tririalis). 

 Meadow soft grass (IMcks lauatus), . 

 Orchard grass {Dactylis glomerata). 



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