Perl. Ryegrass, Meadow Fescue aim Fo$^i\, 101 



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Further observation has led me to the conclusion that«^ 

 to increase the hay crop, and also aid in holding up the 

 clover and the crop generally, tall oat grass would be 

 preferable to Italian ryegrass, as it is free from the 

 defects of the latter, but tall oat grass is too expensive 

 to be used on a large enough scale for increasing the 

 bulk of the hay crop and holding up the crop, and I now 

 think, that, say, 2 lbs. or 3 lbs. of Italian ryegrass should 

 be added to mixtures for permanent or temporary 

 pastures. 



Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne), as the reader 

 will see by reference to the table, is 30 per cent, less 

 productive than the first three grasses on my list, and 

 I have written so much on it previously that no 

 further remarks on this grass are here required. I may 

 add that, after a long experience, I am sure that, for the 

 reasons previously given in this book, it does not pay to 

 use it at all for permanent pasture, nor for temporary 

 pastures which are to lie for four or more years. I am 

 even doubtful whether it should be used for temporary 

 pastures which are to lie for two or three years, but, if 

 used, it should be sown in small proportion — 5 lbs. or 

 6 lbs. to the acre. < 



Meadow Fescue (Festuea pratensis). — The merits of 

 this grass are too well known to call for any remark 

 here. Sinclair says that " it is much slower in growth 

 after being cropped than cocksfoot," and this, of course, 

 is the reason why in the table it stands as being 30 

 per cent, less productive. It thrives in good moist soils 

 and its herbage is nutritive and liked by stock. 



Meadow Foxtail {Alopecurus pratensis). — This grass, 

 too, calls for little remark, as its merits are so well 

 known, but "the weight of grass produced in one 

 season is," we are informed by Sinclair, " considerably 

 less than the amount to be obtained from cocksfoot," 

 and that, of course, is why it stands, for productive 

 purposes, 30 per cent, below that grass. According to 

 Sinclair, "this grass, under the best management. 



