20 TIMOTHY. 



tion in tlie State of Maryland, by Timothy Hanson, 

 a native of one of the New England States, who built 

 the first grist mill on Jones' Falls, now forming 

 a part of the city of Baltimore, abont the ,year 1720. 

 When it first came into notice it was called Timothy 

 Hanson's Grass, and sold in "Baltimore Town," by 

 that name. The character and name of this grass 

 was soon established by the fine crops of it grown on 

 the Hanson Farm, and the name it received then, 

 will, in all probability, forever adhere to it. It is 

 supposed to have been introduced into England from 

 Virginia, about the year 1760, and for years after- 

 wards its cultivation was confined to moist and newly 

 reclaimed, peaty or moorish soils. 



The first general notice taken of it was after the 

 Woburn experiments, made by George Sinclair, in 

 1824, when it vi^as found to possess the advantage of 

 affording ^iouble the quantity of nutriment when its 

 seeds were ripe that it did if cut when in flower, hence 

 it presented an increased stimulous to its cultivation 

 from its seeds, being procured without its being less- 

 ened in value as a hay crop. It was considered after 

 this discovery to be equal to any of the Rye grasses. 

 Yet I am not aware of much progress being made in 

 its cultivation until the year 1850, since which time 

 its cultivation has become general in the United 

 Kingdom. The analysis made of it by Professor 

 Way, and the well known preference given to Timothy 

 hay in the American markets, have no doubt con- 

 tributed largely to the experimental cultivation of it 

 by the English farmers. But the excellent hay made 

 from a mixture of the various grasses, and particu- 

 larly rye grass, which is always for sale in the 

 markets of England, and held in high estimation bv 



