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wheat hurvt'st, so tlmt it is often left until that is over, when it 

 is entirely too ri])e. I have tried it on rich huul and poor land 

 with <,'oo(l results." 



Orchard grass is much raised in Kentucky, where it has hcen 

 grown since IHIT. 



liichard Waters, of Oldham county, in Tliv Trihiiiiv, says: 

 "Orchard grass grows host in good, strong loam, reasoiuibly dry, 

 not on sunilv land, nor in wet land. It will graze more stock to 

 the acre, and can be grazed ten days earlier in the spring than 

 any other grass. It makes good winter i)astnre, and during one 

 recent winter I kept 8()(> ewes on this grass all winter without 

 any other feed." 



On the same subject, we learn from Dr. J. H. Killebrew, of 

 Tennessee: *• It likes a soil moderately dry, porous, fertile, and 

 inclined to be sandy. It withstands hot, dry weather better than 

 any other valuable grass." 



A prominent writer in 'Hic Jiiinil World, of Missouri, states: 



'' When suitably located and properly gi-own, it is one of the 

 best of our cultivated grasses, but when not so located and grown, 

 it is of indifferent value. Sow two bushels of seed to the acre, 

 if sown alone." 



Prof. D. L. Phares, of Mississip])i, prefers to sow this grass 

 in the spring without a grain crop, and on well prepared land. 

 It thrives well without renewal on the same ground for thirty or 

 forty years, and is easily exterminated when the land is desired 

 for other crojis. The growth in clumps may be obviated by 

 thick seeding. 



"Altogether and from every standpoint, I am compelled to say 

 still, as I did manv years ago, that I jircfer orchard to any other 

 grass. I could fill /olumes with testimonials more strongly ex- 

 pressed than my own in favor of this grass over all others. 



"It produces seed freely, and they germinate with certainty, a 

 bushel weig' 'ng twelve to fifteen pounds." 



