BLUE GRASS. 165 



ferent localities according to soil and climate. From the 

 unexampled success its cultivation has met with in Ken- 

 tucky, it has acquired the name of Kentucky Blue Grass, 

 though in the New England States it is known by the name 

 of "June Grass." 



In all the middle portion of the United States, it forms 

 the principal constituent of the turf, though its excellence is 

 rather depreciated in the Eastern States, the farmers there 

 prefering the Meadow Foxtail, and in England it is almost 

 driven from the country, the moist condition of the land 

 there not being favorable to its development. 



In some sections it has been used as a hay, and from the 

 analysis hereunto appended, it is full of all the constituents 

 of nutrition. But it is not a success as a meadow grass, 

 its chief excellence being exhibited as a pasture grass. It 

 endures the frosts of winters better than any other grass 

 we have, and if allowed to grow rank during the fail months, 

 it will turn over and hide beneath its covering the most 

 luxuriant of winter croppings. Many farmers pass their 

 stock through the entire winter on it alone, feeding only 

 when the ground is covered with snow. 



As a lawn grass, it stands pre-eminent among all others, 

 its rich Paris-green foliage, its uniform growth and its con - 

 stant verdure making it beautiful both summer and win- 

 ter. 



It would seem a work of supererogation to try to argue 

 as to the advantages of cultivating this grass. All know 

 its benefits, and all see around them the great increase in 

 the value of the land covered with it. It requires but little 

 expense to secure a stand, and little time and then the re- 

 ward comes. A farm well set in blue grass will yield at 

 least $10 per acre in grazing, and yet men who have farms 

 with all the constituents necessary to produce the best of 

 grass will persistently wear it out in cultivation from year 

 to year, with less net receipts by far than the yield of a 

 pasture. 



