98 THE GRASSES— GREEN BRISTLE GRASS. 



equal in quantity. Dry straw is a much coarser food 

 than the hay made from this. 



Moeton's Uncyclopoedia mentions the case of a Mr. 

 Black, who cultivated it on the Home Farm of the 

 Duke of Buccleuch at Dalkeith, and who had a high 

 opinion of its merits, having invariably cut it earlier 

 than Clover or Eyegrass in the spring, for feeding 

 horses as well as shorthorns and Ayrshire dairy stock. 



The Seed. — From 20 to 25 lbs. of its seed will be 

 sufficient for an acre, but even half that quantity may 

 be made to do, as the rapidly-spreading roots of the 

 young plants will soon fill up all the interstices. 



At Wohurn, the variegated variety, grown on a strong 

 tenacious clay, gave of grass per acre — 



Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs. 



Out at the flowering period . . 15 3 311 

 Yielding hay 7 11 3 19 



Green Bristle Grass. 



{Setaria viridis, or Panicum viride.) 



An annual, flowering in July and until end of 

 autumn. 



Chaeles Johnson says it would be a valuable grass 

 to sow in game-preserves and warrens, hares and rabbits 

 feeding upon it with eagerness. It will flourish in the 

 poorest and driest of light soils — indeed, in almost any 

 medium (water and shifting sand excepted). 



