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known as a useful grass on low, moist lands, and as light 

 and useless upon dry, poor uplands. It has a creeping 

 root, and is a good grass for pasture upon reclaimed 

 swamp lands. 



Poa serotina, fowl meadow grass, is a most valuable 

 grass for moist soils. It has a fibrous, creeping root, an 

 early growth, and renews itself quickly after cutting or 

 pasturing. It is eagerly eaten by cattle, and patches of 

 it in a meadow will be eaten closely while red-top is left 

 untouched. It is very productive, and we have had it 

 four- feet tall, with broad, abundant foliage, upon a rich, 

 reclaimed, peaty, moist meadow. 



Phleum lyratense, or timothy, is too well known to 

 need any description. Its bulbous root is unfavorable 

 for long-continued growth, and it is not a suitable grass 

 for permanent pastures or meadows, although it is the 

 best of all kinds as an intermediate crop for hay. 



Avena elatior, or ArrUehatherum avenaceum, the tall 

 oat grass or evergreen grass of the Western States, is a 

 most valuable kind for permanent meadows and for woods 

 or shaded pastures. It is very early and productive, 

 rather coarse but nutritious, and has produced over three 

 tons of hay to the acre when grown alone, but like its 

 relative, Avena flavescens, the yellow oat grass, it succeeds 

 better in company with other grasses. These grasses are 

 suitable for all kinds of soil, but do their best in moist, 

 rich clay loams. 



Alopecurus prate7isis, or meadow foxtail, is one of tlie 

 best meadow and pasture grasses. The root leaves grow 

 rapidly after having been eaten down, and it makes a 

 dense matted herbage. It is one of the best of grasses 

 for damp, rich lands and irrigated meadows, and has a 

 luxuriant growth, almost equal to timothy in value on 

 rich soil. It blossoms in May and is thus mature for 

 cutting along with orchard grass. Over 12,000 pounds 

 per acre of green fodder has been produced by this 



