208 VETEEINAEY HYGIENE 



Mcadoiv and Pasture Grasses. 



From the Eothamsted experiments, previously quoted, 

 the nature of the grasses found in hay may be known. 

 Those most appreciated for pasture and hay production 

 are as follows : — 



Foxtail Sheep's fescue 



Sweet vernal Hard ,, 



Dogstail Meadow ,, 



Italian rye grass Tall ,, 



Perennial rye grass Smooth stalked meadow grass 



Timothy Eough ,, ,, ,, 



Cocksfoot Yellow oat grass 



The following grasses are worthless, and some of them 

 actual pests from an agricultural point of view : — 



Hair grass Brome grass 



False oat grass Yorkshire fog 



False brome Barley grass 



Quaking grass Couch grass 



The fact should not be lost sight of, that what is an 

 inferior grass in one part of the world may occupy a very 

 different position in another ; further, any hard and fast 

 line between good, inferior and bad grasses should be drawn 

 with great discrimination, or it is likely to unduly influence 

 one's judgment in the selection of hay. 



With us Yorkshire fog is a valueless grass and regarded 

 as a weed ; the New Zealand farmer, on the other hand, 

 greatly appreciates it. The much-dreaded Couch grass is 

 in certain parts of the Continent considered a valuable 

 food. Smooth-stalked meadow grass with us does not 

 occupy a high position, some even consider it very inferior, 

 in America it constitutes the celebrated Kentucky Blue 

 grass. What, therefore, may be an inferior grass on one 

 soil or in one part of the world, may in another be 

 valuable. 



The influence of soil should not be lost sight of in 



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