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Again, grasses are esteemed for the time when they begin 

 to grow in spring and ripen their seed in summer. The 

 grass that comes forward in spring when other green food 

 is wanting is especially valuable in the pasture; nor is the 

 grass that yields an early crop of hay less valuable for the 

 meadow. 



The amount and quality of the aftermath, or second crop 

 of hay, is also an important item in estimating the eco- 

 nomic value of any grass. 



Furthermore, the value of any given grass to any par- 

 ticular farmer will depend upon its adaptability to his land. 

 Some grasses thrive on low lands but will scarcely live on 

 uplands, while others confine themselves to uplands entirely. 

 Soils, and exposure too, have much to do with the success 

 and value of different grasses. So that the farmer who 

 comes to consider the subject of grasses, will find it no easy 

 matter to select the best grasses for his farm. It will re- 

 quire no small degree of study and reflection. 



As an aid to farmers desiring to lay down land to grass, 

 a selected list of long-tried pasture and meadow grasses is 

 given : 



PASTURE GRASSES. 



Kentucky blue grass Poa pratensis 



Wire grass P. compressa 



Spear grass P. annua 



Rough stalked meadow P. trivialis 



Orchard grass Dactylis glomerata 



Meadow fescue Holcus lanatus 



Meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis 



Sweet-scented vernal Anthoxanthum odoratum 



White clover Trifolium repens 



MEADOW GRASSES. 



Orchard grass Dactylis glomerata 



Red clover Trifolium pratense ' 



Timothy Phleun> pratense 



Hungarian grass .Panicum Germanicuin 



