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duced into Tennessee a few years ago, and it has received 

 extravagant praises, as is usual with new in troductions. 

 It succeeds well in West Tennessee, and wiU probably 

 suit that locality better than any 

 other grass, except Herd's grass. 

 It would form a good grass to 

 mix with others, such as timo- 

 thy, Herd's grass, clover or blue 



The analysis of the hay by 

 Way, is as follows : Flesh- form- 

 ers, 12.95; fatty matters, 3.19. 

 heat-producing principles, 38.03 - 

 woody fibre, 34.24 ; mineral mat- 

 ters, 11.59. 



This shows it to rank as a nu- 

 tritious grass, among the best of 

 the meadow grasses, arid almost 

 equal to any of the pasture grass- 

 es, though it is said cattle and 

 sheep do not like to be confined 

 to it alone. The produce from 

 an acre from Mr. Sinclair's ex- 

 periments at Woburn, was 17,016 

 pounds; loss in drying, 11,635 

 pounds ; nutritive matter, 664 

 pounds. Cut when the seeds 

 were ripe the weight was 16,335 pounds; loss in drying, 

 10,617 pounds; nutritive matter 255 pounds. Weight of 

 aftermath, 13,612 pounds; nutritive matter of which was 

 265 pounds. 



