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H R. STEVENS ON ENSILAGE. 



of the seed before it yields, ordinarily, an abundant and nutritious 

 crop relished by cattle of all kinds. 



Clover-seed should always be sown in the spring of the year in the 



climate of New England. It is often 

 sown upon the late snows of March 

 or April, and soon finds its way down 

 to the soil, where, aided by the moist- 

 ure of early spring, it quickly germi- 

 nates, and rapidly shoots up its leaf- 

 stalks. 



Hungarian grass, Hungarian millet 

 (Panicum Germanicum) , has been 

 cultivated to con- 

 siderable extent in 

 this country from 

 seed received 

 from France 

 through the 

 United-States 

 Patent Office. 



It is an annual 

 forage plant, in- 

 troduced into 

 France in 1815, 

 where its cultiva- 

 tion has become 

 considerably ex- 

 tended. It ger- 

 minates readily, 

 withstands the 



drought remarkably, remaining green even when 

 other vegetation is parched up ; and, if its devel- 

 opment is arrested by dry weather, the least rain 

 will restore it to vigor. It has numerous succu- 

 lent leaves, which furnish an abundance of green 

 fodder, very much relished by all kinds of stock. 

 It flourishes in somewhat light and dry soils, 

 though it attains its greatest luxuriance in soils 

 of medium consistency, and well manured. It may be sown broad- 

 cast, and cultivated precisely like the varieties of millet. This grass 



HUNGARIAN GRASS. 



COMMON MILLET. 



