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THE GRASSES— COCKSFOOT. 



Fine Bent Grass. 



{Agrostis milga/ris.) 



Dr. Parnell says it grows on dry heatha and pas- 

 ttires. Is said to be disliked by cattle generally, and 

 is not of sufficient importance to merit the attention of 

 agriculturists. 



Cocksfoot. 



{Dactylis glomerata.) 



Seed weighs 18 lbs. per bushel. 



Standard of germination, of H.M.'s Office of Works, 

 90 per cent. 



Dr. Paenell says it succeeds best when 

 the subsoil is porous and not stagnant, so 

 that the fibrous roots can penetrate deep. It 

 is less impoverishing to the soil than Eye- 

 grass ; and, though it is as a pasture grass 

 that it possesses most value, yet even for 

 hay it is superior to Eyegrass and many 

 other grasses. In pastures it should not be 

 allowed to grow coarse, but should be kept 

 closely cropped either by cattle or by the 

 scythe. 



Charles Johnson says for an alternate 

 crop it is by far the best grass that can be employed 

 alone. Eooting deeply, it is less liable to suffer from 

 excess of drought than most others on dry sandy soils. 

 As moist retentive land is more favourable to its 

 luxuriance, and induces an overgrowth destructive of 



Cocksfoot, 



