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APPENDIX. 



96 Clover, timothy, red top; timothy best where it can be grown. 



97 Clover, herds grass; timothy, German millet preferred to Tennessee 



and Hungarian. 



98 Clover, timothy, herds grass, orchard and blue grasses, millet. 



99 Clover, timothy, red top and some millet; timothy considered best. 

 100 Clover, herds, orchard grasses, timothv, each grown and cut with 



clover; clover best; timothy dies out second year. 

 1 01 Timothy, herds and orchard grass, Hungarian and millet. 



102 Herds grass, cut corn and corn fodder, some German millet. 



103 Timothy and herds grass; blue grass is preferable to either. 



104 Timothy, herds, orchard and clover German millet. 



105 German millet and herds grass. The latter much the best. 



106 Some clover, blue grass and red top. 



107 Herds grass and clover. Am experimenting with timothy. 



THE GRASSES OF TENNESSEE. 



AN ESSAY BY B. F. COCKRILL, READ BEFORE THE TEN- 

 NESSEE STOCK BREEDERS 7 CONVENTION AT ITS THIRD 

 ANNUAL SESSION, FEBRUARY 19, 1878. 



The vast field of study which this heading indicates is by far too exten- 

 sive to be treated of in a paper like this, except in a cursory manner. 

 I, therefore, shall not attempt to go into detail only to the extent of enu- 

 merating some of the more generally known varieties, and instituting a 

 comparison of their relative merits as adapted to and intimately con- 

 nected with the successful development of tint great industry to which 

 our present organization relate^ 



The Belgian proverb, "No grass no cattle, no cattle no manure, uo ma- 

 nure no crops," is not quite complete; it should continue, no crops no 

 money, no money no intelligence, no intelligence no people for all peo- 

 ple, of whatever nation or clime, possessing no intelligence, that occupy 

 soil where the grasses will flourish, must eventually give way before that 

 resistless march of high civilization that marks its path with the beautiful 

 verdure of blooming fields. 



