ORCHARD GRASS. 91 



want of hardiness and endurance, but in every case the fault 

 was with the farmer himself in pasturing too early. 



Orchard grass grows well in the shade, and hence its 

 name. It withstands hot, dry weather better than any 

 other valuable grass. Three good crops of leafy hay, if 

 the weather is seasonable, may be counted on after the first 

 year, but only one will blossom. 



The analysis Prof. Way of the green grass in blossom by • 

 gives the following result : 



Per cent. 



Water 70. 



Fatty matter 0.94 



Flesh formers. . . i 4.06 



Heat producers ' 13. 30 



Woody fibre 10.11 



Ash 1.59 



Analysis by Seheven and Ritthausan gives : 



Water 65.00 



Fat 80 



Flesh formers 3.00 



Heat producers 12.60 



W\oody fibre 16.10 



Ash 2.40 



The Woburn experiments developed some interesting 

 facts pertaining to this grass. Grown upon a rich, sandy 

 loam, and cut the middle of April, the green grass Weighed 

 10,209 pounds per acre, in which there were 1,190 pounds 

 of nutritious matter. Cut, when in full bloom, the green 

 produce weighed 27,905J pounds. This lost in dessication 

 16,045 pounds, or a little more than half, and furnished 

 1,089 pounds of nutritious matter. After the seeds were 

 fully ripe, the green produce weighed lees by 1,361 pounds 

 per acre, but there were 1,415 more pounds of dry hay, 

 with an excess also of nutritive extract of 363 pounds. The 

 aftermath, however, was not so good, and in the loss of 

 this the advantage of an increased yield of hay was coun- 

 terbalanced. 



The hay made of orchard grass, as analyzed by Wolff 

 and Knop, gives : 



