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CHAPTEE III. 



THE GRASSES. 



Meadow Foxtail. 



(Alopecurus pratensis.) 



Seed of ordinary quality weighs 5 lbs. to 9 lbs. 

 Best quality, 12 lbs. per busbel. 



Standard of germinating power, of H.M.'s OfSce of 

 Works, 60 per cent. 



Dr. Paenell says that this is 

 one of the most valuable grasses to 

 the farmer. One of the earliest 

 and best for permanent pastures, 

 and most grateful of all grasses 

 to every kind of cattle. Its 

 produce is nearly three-fourths 

 greater on a clayey loam than on 

 a sandy soil, and the quantity of 

 nutritive matter is also greater in 

 the proportion of three to two. 



Maetyn says : — It possesses 

 the three great qualities of quality, 

 quantity, and earliness in a degree 

 superior to any other. 



Charles Johnson reports that 

 its strong fibrous roots take a firm hold of the soil, but 



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Seed of the Meadow Foxtail. 



