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CLASSES OF FEEDING STUFFS 



Redtop. — This is sometimes mistaken for blue grass 

 which it closely resembles. It grows on low damp places 

 and matures early in the summer. When young and soft 

 it makes fairly good pasture, but it becomes wiry and tough 



as it approaches ma- 

 turity. To make 

 good hay it should 

 be cut early. 



Prairie Grass. — 

 The original grass of 

 all prairie regions is 

 tall with but few 

 leaves. When the 

 land is once broken 

 up this grass disap- 

 pears. It is thus be- 

 coming extinct in 

 cultivated sections 

 of the country, and 

 is of little economic 

 importance. When 

 cut and cured it 

 makes good hay for 

 horses, being espe- 

 cially free from dust. 

 Marsh Grass. — 

 This coarse, woody grass is valuable in dry years to take 

 the place of pasture grass for those who have unreclaimed 

 marsh land. It cures into a clean hay but it is too low in 

 protein to be valuable as a food for young stock and milk- 

 producing animals. 



Brome Grass. — This grass is quite commonly culti- 



Fig. II. ^ Brome grass. 



