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the sheep, and where the shepherds be- 

 lieve it to be more nutritious for flocks 

 than any other. Gmelin says the Tartars 

 choose to encamp during the summer 

 where this grass is most abundant, be- 

 cause they believe it to be the most 

 wholesome for all cattle, but especially ior 

 sheep. Linnaeus asserts that sheep have 

 no relish for hills and heaths without it. 

 It grows in dry sa'ndy soils, where all 

 other vegetation parches up. The roots 

 are long, turf short and dense, making 

 it well suited for lawns. It retains 

 its verdure during the most extended 

 droughts. It will not bear maturing, for 

 then it is dispossessed by other grasses. 

 Its great value is for pasturage upon 

 sandy soils. It will suit the Cumber- 

 land Table-land. The Woburn experi- 

 ments showed that, cut at the time of 

 flowering, the product of one acre was 

 5,445 pounds, which gave 212 pounds of 

 nutritive matter. The same number of 

 pounds was obtained, cut when the seeds were ripe, but 

 there were only 127 pounds of nutritive matter. The after- 

 math yielded 3,403 pounds of hay, having 66 pounds of 

 nutritive matter. From this it appears that there is a dif- 

 ference between the results obtained by chemists and prac- 

 tical feeders as to its nutritive properties. 



