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wlien harvested in flower, but the latter yields most nutriment 

 when the seed is ripe. Your Club would render an important 

 service to agriculture, if they would take the trouble to introduce 

 these two grasses into our country. I w^ould be greatly obliged 

 to you, if you could procure a small parcel of each, and forward 

 to me, by one of the Maysville merchants, or by express, in time 

 to seed, in March or April, by way of experiment. Be so good 

 as to read this to your Club, and oblige your friend, 



A. BEATTY. 

 I add a full description of the two desired grasses, and also 

 Trifolium machororhizum (table 3, page 236) : 



Hay per Nutritive 

 acre. matter. 



1. Poa angustifolia. — Narrow head meadow 

 grass, native of Britain, product at the time 



offlower, 7,810 1,430 



Ditto at the time of seeding, 3,811 701 



2. Poafertilis. — Fertile meadow grass, native 



of Germany, product at the time of flowering, 6,G53 733 



Ditto at the time of seeding, 8,235 1,109 



3. Tripolium machororhizum. — Long rooted 

 clover, native of Hungary, product at the 



time of seeding, 4-4,654 4,211 



The above are from experiments made bj Mr. Sinclair, in the 

 Duke of Bedford's garden, at Woburn Abbey. 



Now, Mr. President, as this is one of the most important ques- 

 tions that can be discussed by farmers, as to what is the proper 

 time to cut grass, I hope it may elicit some remarks from one of 

 the best farmers of this State, who happens to be present to-day, 

 from Onondaga county. That is, he is a gentleman of experience 

 and careful observation, and his experience will be valuable to 

 others present. I allude, Sir, to the Hon. George Geddes, a name 

 well and favorably known to New- York farmers. 



Mr Geddes — I somewhat object to being called upon to give 

 my views so unexpectedly. The question has many difficulties, 

 because we don't understand terms. One man calls his grass 

 ripe when he cuts it, which another man would call green. I 

 want one-third or one-half of my clover heads brown, so that 



