YELLOW OAT GKASS. 59 



Heat producing principles, BlarcL.gnm, sugar, etc 18.6C 



Woody fibre .^ .: 1422 



Mineral matter, or Ash .' 2.72 



100.00 

 100 parts of the grass dried at 212 ° Fahr. 



Albuminous or flesh forming principles 7. 48 



Fatty matters 2.61 



Heat producing principles, starch, sugar, gum, etc. 47.08 



"VPoody flbrrt '. 35:95 



Mineral matter, or Asji ' . ^ 6.88 



loo.oa 

 Yellow Oat grass, grows natuxally in dry pastura 

 on rather liglit and good soils yields a considerable 

 bulk of fine herbage-, and deserves to form a portion 

 of all mixtures on light, dry soils, either for hay or 

 pasture. It arrives early at maturity, and although 

 a perrennial, yet if allowed to ripen seed, it is is but 

 of short duration, particularly if grown on stifi", 

 moist soils. It is the most useful, as a hay and pas- 

 ture grass, of the genus Avena, as well as the smallest 

 seeded of all the native species. 



Mr. Tauton says of it: "That it is so rich in its 

 qualities, and so universal a citizen of the world, that 

 there is no soil from the lightest calcareous loam, to 

 the stiffest clay into which he would not introduce it 

 where he intended to form a permanent turf." It is 

 said that a top-dressing of lime will double the pro- 

 duce of this grass, and that it thrives best on calcar- 

 ious soUs. About 1 or two lbs. of seed should enter 

 into lawn mixture^. 5 i-2 lbs. make a bushel of the 

 seeds of Avena Flavescens. 



