PREFACE. 



nnmS llttle volume is published in the hope that it may 

 prove useful to both farmers and students. No other 

 crop approaches grass in importance, and yet in many parts 

 of the country no other crop is so little studied. A good 

 deal of attention has been devoted in the following pages 

 to the means of recognising the various grasses, as it is 

 considered that the ability to recognise the different 

 varieties is the surest way to induce a study of their 

 habits and capabilities. On this study depends the 

 solution of the most important of all problems facing 

 the New Zealand farmer, namely : " What is the best 

 grass mixture to sow on my land ?" 



F.W.H. 

 Lincoln, 1918. 



