﻿Curl. 
  — 
  On 
  Oranses 
  ami 
  Fodder 
  Plants, 
  406 
  

  

  grow 
  meat 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  grain, 
  must 
  largely 
  increase 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  liis 
  

   fodder 
  plants 
  ; 
  not 
  only 
  must 
  he 
  grow 
  several 
  kinds 
  of 
  Sonjlnnns, 
  Maizes, 
  

   Millets, 
  Holcus, 
  Andropogom, 
  Panicums, 
  and 
  other 
  such 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  hot 
  

   weather 
  of 
  summer, 
  and 
  feed 
  his 
  live 
  stock 
  therefrom, 
  but 
  ho 
  must 
  bury 
  

   them 
  in 
  silos, 
  as 
  the 
  French 
  farmers 
  do, 
  for 
  feed 
  in 
  the 
  winter, 
  and 
  at 
  that 
  

   season 
  he 
  Avill 
  have 
  the 
  advantage 
  over 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  of 
  growing 
  

   feed 
  in 
  the 
  Avinter 
  itself, 
  by 
  planting 
  those 
  things 
  that 
  will 
  grow 
  favourably 
  

   in 
  the 
  late 
  autumn, 
  the 
  winter 
  itself, 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  early 
  spring, 
  The 
  Sugar 
  

   Beet, 
  the 
  Prickly 
  Comfrey, 
  Cabbages, 
  Turnips, 
  Swedes, 
  Kohl 
  Babi, 
  various 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  Vetches, 
  winter 
  Oats, 
  Cape 
  Barley, 
  Prairie 
  Grass, 
  and 
  other 
  

   Brome 
  grasses, 
  -with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  indigenous 
  grasses 
  of 
  New 
  

   Zealand 
  added 
  thereto, 
  supplemented 
  by 
  Italian 
  Eye, 
  Devon 
  evergreen 
  Eye, 
  

   several 
  Pons, 
  Anilioxanllunns, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  grasses. 
  While 
  the 
  several 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  Achillea, 
  Peiitria 
  virgata, 
  the 
  various 
  salt 
  bushes, 
  Apiums, 
  Carrots, 
  

   Meuihas, 
  Thymes, 
  and 
  Taraxacum 
  will 
  act 
  as 
  condiment 
  and 
  medicinal 
  

   herbs 
  to 
  the 
  sheep 
  and 
  cattle 
  depastured 
  on 
  the 
  places 
  Avhere 
  they 
  grow. 
  

  

  And 
  here 
  we 
  must 
  remember 
  the 
  writings 
  and 
  experiences 
  of 
  persons 
  in 
  

   England 
  and 
  countries 
  with 
  as 
  severe 
  a 
  climate, 
  will 
  not 
  serve 
  us, 
  as 
  the 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  our 
  colony 
  and 
  climate 
  are 
  altogether 
  different. 
  The 
  orange, 
  

   the 
  pAKjenia, 
  the 
  guava, 
  and 
  the 
  olive, 
  which 
  cannot 
  bear 
  the 
  winter 
  climate 
  

   of 
  the 
  places 
  round 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  will 
  here 
  grow 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  air, 
  and 
  stand 
  

   our 
  winter 
  frost, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  done 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  in 
  my 
  experimental 
  

   ground, 
  is 
  a 
  proof 
  of 
  our 
  milder 
  climate. 
  We 
  must 
  therefore 
  experiment 
  

   for 
  ourselves, 
  and 
  thus 
  build 
  up 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  agriculture 
  and 
  grazing 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  for 
  the 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  this 
  colony. 
  But 
  without 
  farther 
  dwelling 
  upon 
  

   the 
  difference 
  of 
  climate 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  

   procedure 
  for 
  farmers 
  and 
  graziers 
  to 
  that 
  adopted 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  wo 
  

   will 
  now 
  consider 
  a 
  few 
  more 
  grasses 
  and 
  fodders 
  that 
  might 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  

   our 
  fields 
  and 
  farms 
  with 
  great 
  advantage. 
  

  

  Agrostis 
  solandri. 
  — 
  This 
  grass 
  is 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  Eastern 
  Australia, 
  is 
  there 
  

   spoken 
  of 
  very 
  highly 
  as 
  of 
  a 
  nutritious 
  quality, 
  it 
  grows 
  there 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   herbage 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  season, 
  and 
  my 
  experience 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  my 
  test 
  

   cultivation 
  was, 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  good 
  as 
  a 
  Avinter 
  grass 
  during 
  the 
  cold 
  

   weather 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  but 
  that 
  from 
  the 
  greater 
  moisture 
  here, 
  it 
  grows 
  

   further 
  into 
  the 
  summer 
  season 
  as 
  well. 
  It 
  may, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  described 
  as 
  

   a 
  very 
  good 
  permanent 
  pasture 
  grass 
  for 
  autumn, 
  winter, 
  and 
  spring 
  

   growtli, 
  and 
  thus 
  is 
  a 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  our 
  permanent 
  mixed 
  pasture 
  

   g 
  -asses. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  varieties 
  which 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  Australia, 
  some 
  

   much 
  better 
  than 
  others. 
  

  

  Agrostis 
  stolonij'era. 
  — 
  A 
  grass 
  found 
  indigenous 
  in 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  which 
  

   Sinclair, 
  and 
  other 
  writers 
  on 
  grasses, 
  brought 
  into 
  prominent 
  notice 
  as 
  a 
  

  

  