256 



^ 



The produce from a tenacious clay, is. 



dr. qr. 



Grass, 70 oz. The produce per acre 

 64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter 



5 



OZ, 



762300 = 



lbs. 



= 47643 12 



59554 il = 



= 3722 2 ; 



i 



r. 



A tenacious clay is, therefore, best fitted for the production of this grass ; as, notwithstaud- 

 iag the plentiful supply of manure, the produce from the loam which had the advantao-es of it 

 scarcely exceeds that from the clay. I know of no grass of this class adapted for clays, that holds 

 out such fair promises to repay the Farmer. It is one of the earliest grasses, with regard to the 



production of foliage early in the spring. It is nutritive, and very productive. It is true, the 

 produce may be denominated coarse, when compared to the Festuca pratensis, Alopecurus pra^ 

 tensis, and other of the superior grasses ; but where is a grass to be found that produ 

 great weight of crop, that is not in some degree coarse? This objection, however, as befon 

 observed, may be overcome by reducing the hay to chaff, and mixing it with Clover-hay. Thi 

 nutritive matter contains but little bitter extractive or saline matter, whereas the Clover 



ces a 



con- 



tains an excess. It does not perfect much good seed, and can only therefore be propao-ated by 

 parting and planting the roots. 



The next following specimen , is of a grass which I believe to be a variety of Festuca elatior. 

 It ripens an abundance of seed, and appears in most respects equal to that variety in af>'ricultu- 

 ral merits. 



The present variety flowers in the second week of July ; the seed is universally, according* to 

 all my observations, affected with the disease termed clavif^s, and consequently unfertile. 



J ■ 



Festuca elatior, yar. fertilis* Fertile-seeded Tall Fescue. 



Obs, — Differs from the common variety of Tall Fescue, in having the panicle somewhat 

 drooping; spikets six-ilowered, more ovate and flat; the larger husk of the calyx often 



w 



awned, and the awn is fixed on the apex more in the manner of that of a Bromus than a 



_ 



Fescue. Leaves smoother, and of a less dark green colour. 

 Experiments.— Al the time of flowering, the produce from a black sandy loam incumbent on ' 



cl 



^y 



is 



dr. 



35 

 560 



Grass, 80 oz. The produce per acre r 



80 dr. of grass weigh, when dry 



The produce of the space, ditto - - 



The weight lost by the produce of one acre in drying 



r 



64 dr. of grass afford of nutritive matter r 



The produce of the space, ditto r 



qr. 



oz. 



871200 







lbs. 



54450 



381150 



1 14 



- -"m 



30628 2 



* F 



5 



100 



68062 8 



4253 14 



This grass, which is nearly allied to the common Festuca elatior, perfects an abundance of 

 seed, though not entirely free from diseased portions, and is therefore not liable to the objection 

 which takes so much from the value of that variety. It is equally early in the produce of foliage, 

 and flowers earlier than the barren Tall Fescue by eight or ten days ; the produce is equally nu- 

 tritive. For damp soils that cannot conveniently he made sufficiently dry by drains, this would 





