(76) 



rich in butter, and gives the latter a fine golden color, with- 

 out changing its taste, or, like clover, imparting its peculiar 

 flavor to it. 



The following is an analysis of this grass, as compared 

 with some other well known grasses: (Way.) 



FIEST. DRIED AT A TEMPERATURE OF 212°. 



SECOND. AS TAKEN FROM THE FIELD IN BLOSSOM. 



Without Drying, 100 Parts of 



Blue grass giye 



Orchard grass 



Timothy 



Eed clover 



White clover 



Sweet scented vernal, 



re g 



Is 



12.49 



10.11 



11.32 



3.76 



5.38 



7.15 



There is, in all pastures, a number of bare spots that seem 

 to resist the efforts of blue grass to sod. By mixing other 

 seeds with the blue grass, these spots can be made to pro- 

 duce as well as other places. In a natural meadow, by care- 

 ful counting, several species are often found growing inti- 

 mately on every inch of earth. On a good natural pasture 

 in one square foot of sod, there have been counted 1,000 

 plants, consisting of twenty distinct species. This is nature's 

 own arrangement, and may be safely copied. In such a 



