38 TALL OAT GRASS. 



100 parts of the grass dried at 212° Fahr. 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 12.95 



Tatty matter 3-l» 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar,gum, etc.... 38.03 



Woody fibre 34.24 



Mineral matter or ash 11.59 



100.00 

 Tall Oat Grass, though, a coarse plant, yet vege- 

 tates with great luxuriance; it is early and pro- 

 ductive, and affords a plentiful aftermath. It ap- 

 proaches the meadow fox tail in excellence, for which 

 it may prove a substitute in many cases. It is some- 

 times found abundant in meadows in England. And 

 on the continent of Europe it is cultivated with ad- 

 vantage. It is found most beneficial when retained 

 in a close state of feeding. It makes good hay, is 

 natural to sandy loams but thrives best on strong, 

 tenacious clays in England. Tall Oat Grass was in- 

 troduced into this country about the begining of the 

 present century. Judge Buel, of Albany, speaking 

 of it in 1823, says: "It possesses the advantage of 

 «arly, quick and late growth, for vrhich the cock's 

 foot is esteemed, tUlers well and is admirably calcu- 

 lated for a pasture grass. I measured some on the 

 20th of June, when in blossom, (when it 

 should be cut for hay) and found it four and a half 

 feet long. I have sown it in autumn and spring, with 

 -clover, on a sandy loam, with good effect." 



W. F. Tallant, Christiansburgh, Virginia, writing 

 to me, 15th of February, 1875, says of it: "Tall Oat 

 ■Grass (or as it is called here in Virginia, Peruvian 

 grass,) is a very valuable variety of grass, and in 

 one or two points has the advantage over orchard 

 :grass, which it resembles in its time of maturity. 



