10 



The proportional value which the grass, at the time the seed is ripe, bears to that at the time of flower- 



■ 



ing, is as 7 to 5. The produce of latter-math, is, 



Grass, 17 oz. 8 dr. The produce per acre - - - " 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter, 1 dr. 2 qr. The produce per acre 



oz. 



lbs. 



190575 

 4466 9 



11910 15 

 281 10 9 



The proportional value which the grass, at the time of flowering, bears to that of the latte^ 

 math is, as 5 to 3 ; and the grass, at the time the seed is ripe, is to the latter-math as 7 to 3 



64 dr. of the culms, at the time of flowering, aiFord of nutritive matter, 1 dr. 2 qr. "fi 

 leaves of cock' s-foot, therefore, audits straws simply, are of equal proportional value; howe 

 hetween the periods of flowering and perfecting the seed, the straws contain a much p-ret 

 proportion of nutritive matter: 64 dr. of the culms at that stage of growth, afforded 3c!r 1 

 of nutritive matter. When cultivated on a peat soil, the produce was one-sixth greater I 

 the grass was of an inferior quality; 64 dr. of which afforded only 69 grains of nutritive matt 

 which proves the grass produced on a peat soil, to he inferior to that from a sandy loam in ti, 

 proportion of 9 to 8. The first leaves or herhage of the spring, is more nutritive than tliat p,. 

 ducedat the end of autumn; 64 dr. at the beginning of April afforded C9 grains of mtiitiy 

 matter, while the same quantity, in the month of Novemljer, afforded only 39 »,.ains 

 It is deserving of particular notice, that the herhage of this grass, when suffered to ^ow 

 rank, or old from want of sufficient stocking, contains nearly one-half less nourishmentAan 

 that which is of a recent growth; 64 dr. of the leaves which had remained uncropped for four 

 months, afforded only 20 grains of nutritive matter; while the same quantity of the leaves, 



grams 



In the former grass, 



many of the leaves were withered and dry, and the rest rank, and of a dark green colour, whil 

 m the latter, they were all green and succulent. All these facts point out this grass to be more 

 valuable for pasture than for hay: yet even for the latter purpose, it will be found more valua- 

 Me than rye-grass CLoHum perenne), and many other grasses ; proofs of which will he offered 

 hereafter, when these grasses come under consideration. Tlie above details prove tlrat a loss e^ 

 nearly one-third of the value of the crop is sustained, if it Is left till the period the .eedi 



ripe, though the proportional value of the ^rass at thnt ti'm^ ;= \ t^u j j 



, . . -n . n t"e gjdss at uiat tune is greater. The produce does 



not mcrease if left standing after the time of flowerino- bnt r.t!.. I .i, • l,t 



c ^ , , , , ""vvciuig, nut rather decreases in the weight 



ot root-leaves; and the loss of latter-math, from the rinirl „v .1 f .i c ^■ a u 



^^^^ 1 . ., , , iium tne rapid growth of the foliage, after being 



cropped, is very considerable. This circumst.nr.^ r.^' . . i . ° J , 



', 1 1 ^ , ., "^"^"^^^-^^ce points out the necessity of keepin- tins 



glass closely cropped, either with cattle or the scvthe to .. .1, ^ ii i. r r 

 ™„,, ^^ •^. , i>cytne, to reap the full benefit of its supe- 



rior merits as a pasture grass- which will be mn,-,. ^^ .• i i • , , 



sneakino-oftl. i . j . . ^"^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ particularly ponited out hereafter, when 



.... .eaAlv. I W „W..ed „.e„ ea. the c„l„s and flowering heads, ' tlU .he Z the .^ 

 coUeeted in any considerable hulk, hy MesI Gib! . " °' ''°*"'- ^""^ '''' "" '" 



FW„s W June ,„ Angus, ifrZ^^U^l [^ '"" '" "" ^"^^^ "' '^'"""" 



tall a late period of the spring,, he seed does not rin 

 temher. ^ 



grass readily, 

 was perfected. 



m July; or, if the herhage is eaten down 



