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IuikIs iiiiil cliiys, and liaving niuiiy liliroiin rootn running tlnwu 

 eight to llftct'ii inclu's. resists the- droughts." 



For Kansas, read what Professor Shelton writes: "After 

 experimenting for twelve years, I inive often wondered that 

 the cultivation of this grass has not heon more widely extended. 

 It gives a good amount of early and late feed of good (juality, 

 and yields heavily, of good liay. It endures dry weather, in 

 strong lands, without injury. People east ami west can aftord 

 to give this Festucu a trial. Sow two to two and ii half busholtj 

 of seed to the acre." 



Professors Latta and Troo]!, of Indiami, say that " ^Meadow 

 Fescue and Taller Fescue do remarkably well at Lafayette, and 

 we look upon them as the coming grasses of this section. The 

 first seems to give better satisfaction as hay, while the second 

 furnishes more i)asturo after cutting. Its leaves are too rough 

 Jind harsh for hay." 



As before said the various samples of this grass already vary 

 much ill size and vigor, and this shows what might be done with 

 a little tinu' and care in selecting certain types and in raising 

 each by itself. Like Indian corn, they seem ready to break up 

 into permanent varieties. Prof. .James liuckman, of Fiiirland, 

 tried, side by side, the two fescues above named, and another 

 called Fcstuca loliacea, and found all intermediate stages passing 

 from one into either of the others, but under certain circum- 

 stances each maintained its distinct characters. 



Festuca elatior var. aniiMliiiacea, Tall Meadow Fescue.— 

 Leaves longer, broader, firmer, (uilm stouter and taller, panicle 

 more erect, roots larger and stouter than those of F. elatior. 



For many years the writer has had three separate forms or 

 races of the larger fescues, each of which came from seeds of 

 distinct selected plants. The mixed seed at first was received 



„.iH^.'.?:.''*''~'^''i'''"'"/L*''''*r \^^'- a>undinacea; part of plant; a outer glumes; fc. floral 

 giumu, c, section of Horal glum anil palea ; d, a cross-section of same.— (Sudwortli), 



