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the wants of so great a variety of soil and climate. This is one 

 of the pressing wants of our agriculture. A single new grass that 

 would add but an extra yield of a hundred lbs. to the acre, would 

 add millions of dollars annually to the productive wealth of the 

 nation." 



When we remember that there are over three thousand different 

 grasses, and a great many other plants valuable for hay and graz- 

 ing, we can easily see the chances for improvment in this direction. 

 Our experiments have not been carried on long enough to enable 

 us to recommend with certainty, many new grasses. We would 

 suggest the following for the purpose named : 



HAY ON UPLANDS. 



Timothy, 

 Red Top, - 

 Tall Fescue, - 

 Meadow Fescue, 

 Orchard Grass, 

 Alsike Clover, - 

 Red Clover, - 

 Alfalfa, 



- Plileum pratense 



Agrostis vulgaris 



Festuca elatior 



" pratensis 



Dactylis glomerata 



Trifolium hybridum 



' ' pratense 



- Medicago sativa 



HAY ON WET MEADOWS. 



Fowl Meadow, 

 Red Top, - 

 Creeping Bent, 

 Tall Fescue, 



Poa serotina 



Agrostis vulgaris 



' ' stolonifera 



Festuca elatior 



DRY PASTURES. 



Brown Bent, 

 Sheep Fescue, 

 Hard Fescue, 

 Blue Grass, 

 White Clover, 



Agrostis canina 



Festuca ovina 



Festuca dunuscula 



Poa compressa 



Trifolium repens 



MOIST OR SHADY PASTURES. 



Creeping Bent, 

 Rough-stalked Meadow, 

 Meadow Fescue, 



Agrostis stolonifera 



Poa trivialis 



Festvx>a pratensis 



