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THE GRASSES OF TENNESSEE. 



According to Prof. Way, this grass is less nutritious 

 than blue grass, when green, and more nutritious when dry. 

 A comparison of the two when green and cut in bloom and 

 dried is as follows : 



When dry, the comparison shows as follows : 



Poa annua . . . 

 Poa pratensis 



Flesh 

 formers. | Fat. 



8.43 



2.63 



11.83 

 10.35 



Heaters. 



"51770" 



43.06 



The analysis of Wolff and Knop, on page 36, show a sim- 

 ilar difference. 



WOOD ^MEADOW GBASS.-(Poa nemoralis.) 



This grass grows in moist, shady woods, is rank and 

 luxuriant, and is, like the other Poas, greatly relished by 

 stock. It will thrive well in thickets and barrens, and is an 

 early grass. It has been, treated of under the head of 

 Meadow Grasses. 



