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Ash 7.23 



Potash 37.4 



Magnesia.. 8.0 ■ 



Lime 10.8 



Phosphoric Acid 5.4 . 



Sulphuric acid 3.6 



Silica 29.1 



Chlorine <. 6.4 



BARNYARD GRASS— (Paraicum crus-galli). 



This grass is quite common in wet, swampy places, and has spikes 

 • alternate and in pairs, sheaths smooth, rachis bristly ; stem from two 

 to four feet high, stout, erect, or somewhat procumbent, leaves half an 

 inch broad; panicle dense, pyramidal, glumes acute; arms variable in 

 length, sometimes wanting ; outer palea of the neutral flower usually 

 awned. "It flowers from August to October. 



It is a species of millet, but has received but little atten- 

 tion here as yet, though some efforts have been made to test 

 it. It has never been utilized in Tennessee, but is cut on 

 the coasts of England as a constituent of swale hay. It 

 will, probably never supersede any of the , many excellent 

 meadow grasses we have. It is succulent and nutritive, 

 and when green, is eaten by stock with a relish, and it 

 gives a very large yield of hay. 



BENGAL GRASS- (Setaria Germanica). 



A species of millet introduced from Europe, and de- 

 scribed under the head of millets. 



GAMA GRASS — (Tripsaewm dcustyloides). 



Spikelets in jointed spikes, staminate above, fertile below ; staminate 

 spikelets two, both alike ; two flowered, lower glume nerved ; upper 

 boat-shaped ; pale, thin, awnless ; anthers opening by two pores at the 

 apex ; stems tall and large, solid, from thick creeping roots ; leaves 

 broad and flat. 



This is in some sections called sesame grass. It is the 

 largest, and one of the most beautiful grasses we have, 

 growing to the height of seven feet. It is abundant through- 

 out the Mississippi Valley on moist, slushy places. When 

 young and succulent, it is eaten with avidity by stock, and 



