OF TENNESSEE. 



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This table exhibits the theoretical value of these grasses 

 as they are gathered from the field, and may stand for their 

 pasture value. It must be borne in mind, however, that 

 pasture grasses are rarely allowed to come into bloom be- 

 fore cattle are turned in on them, so that these estimates 

 will not hold absolutely true. Grasses differ widely in the 

 amount and character of their foliage, which is an import- 

 ant element in any estimate of their value for pasturage. 

 Again, some of the most esteemed grasses owe their value 

 chiefly to the fact that they appear at a time when they are 

 much, needed, that is, in early spring, rather than to their 

 absolute richness. 



We give below another table of the same grasses dr,ied 

 at 212° Fahrenheit : 



NAMtfS. 



Anthoxanthum 



Alopecurus pratensis 



Arrhenatherum avenacum. 



Avena flavescens 



Avena pubescens 



Briza media 



Bromus erectus ■. 



Bromns mollis 



Cynosuris cristatus 



Dactylis glomerata 



Dactylis, seeds ripe 



Festuca duriuscula 



Holcus lanatus 



flordeum pretense 



Lolium perenne 



Lolium Italicum 



Phleum pxatense 



Poa annua 



Poa pratensis 



Poa trivialis 



a 



3 



10.43 



12.32 



12.95 



7.48 



7.97 



6.08 



9.44 



17.29 



11.08 



13.53 



23.08 



12.10 



11.52 



11.17 



11.85 



10.10 



11.36 



11.83 



10.35 



9 80 



bo's 



'■§ A 



CO ej 



3.41 

 2.92 

 3.19 

 2.61 

 2.39 

 3.01 

 3.33 

 2.11 

 3.54 

 3.14 

 1.56 

 3.34 

 3.56 

 2.30 

 3.17 

 3.27 

 3.55 

 3.42 

 2.63 

 3.67 



CD 



M 



o 

 o 



42.48 

 43.12 

 38.03 

 47.08 

 49.78' 

 46.95 

 41.71 

 38.66 

 52.64 

 44.32 

 26.53 

 4U.43 

 39.25 

 46.68 

 42.24 

 57.82 

 53.35 

 51/70 

 43.06 

 40.17 



36.36 

 33.83 

 34.24 

 35.95 

 34.64 

 35.30 

 36.12 

 3642 

 26.36 

 33.70 

 43.32 

 38.71 

 39.30 

 31.67 

 35.20 

 19.76 

 26.45 

 30.22 

 38.02 

 38.03 



6.32 

 7.81 

 11.59 

 6.88 

 5.22 

 8.66 

 5.21 

 5.82 

 6.38 

 5.31 

 5.51 

 5.42 

 6.37 

 6.18 

 7.54 

 9.05 

 5.28 

 2.83 

 5.94 

 8.33 



This table may be used .as a basis for estimating the hay 

 value of the several grasses, it being understood that hay, 

 however dry, is never absolutely free from water, as these 

 specimens were. The usual amount of water in well made 



