DACTYLIS GLOMERATA, L., ORCHARD GRASS. Ill 



seeds iiro matured, it becoine.s more tough and woody than even 

 Timothy, and cattle will need ti> have tlieir teeth sharpened to 

 eat it in this stage of its growth. 



"Orchard grass loves a deep, rich, moist soil, and in such a 

 soil no other grass yields such an abundant harvest. AVhy it is 

 so much neglected among us wo cannot divine, unless it is the 

 fashion of sowing Timothy and clover, and fashion is as much a 

 tyrant among farmers as among the ladies, though showing his 

 power in a different mode." 



A. W. Clieever, a most successful farmer and editor of Massa- 

 chusetts writes: '• I have now cultivated tliis grass some ten 

 or twelve years, and feel that I can speak of it nnderstandingly. 

 It is a grass that niust bo understood to be appreciated. Grown 

 en poor, dry land, by a poor, lazy farmer, who is always behind 

 hand with his work, it will not give satisfaction; but on rich, 

 moist land, capable of cutting two or three crops in a season, 

 sown thickly with a mixuire of clover and June grass, or other 

 kinds ripening ut or about the sumo time, and under the man- 

 agement of a wide-awake farmer, I can confidently pronounce it 

 the most valuable grass known in this country at the present 

 time. It may be cut two or three times a year, producing large 

 crops of the very best of fodder, just as long as the fertility of the 

 land can bo maintained by top dressing. It is the earliest grass 

 in the spring and the latest in fall.'' 



E. H. Libby, in 1883, wrote nie that *' A little while ago the 

 Neio England Homestead contained numerous letters from farm- 

 ers week after week, speaking in the highest terms of this grass." 



T. 1). Curtis, of Xew York^ says, Orchard grass is a nujst 

 excellent hay plant, but it requires a rich soil. A well soddeil 

 pasture of this grass is a thing to admire as well as for use and 

 profit. 



Wm. Crozier, of New York, speaks as follows : 



" Heretofore the base grass in all the Northern States has been 



