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grass, not for permanent meadows but in rotation. The best 

 time to cut it is just about the time to cut clover, and that is not 

 true with timothy. You cannot cut clover and timothy at the 

 same time and have them both in the best condition. Then the 

 stems and leaves of the orchard grass keep up the clover, so it 

 prevents trouble where there is a tendency for the clover to 

 lodge. I think orchard grass holds it up a little better than 

 timothy." 



Here is a grass that we have been cultivating for some little 

 time. It is the Dhoura, or the Chinese sugar cane. It was 

 recommended as a forage plant and sent out by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, but with us I think it is 

 hardly worth any further consideration. It is simply no better, 

 not so good, as our ordinary corn-fodder. I had a great deal 

 rather have our sowed sweet corn than this, and we have tried 

 to give it a fair trial. 



We have tried a great many other grasses of various kinds, 

 some of them having very long and difficult names, and some 

 being very highly recommended, but we have found nothing 

 either for soiling, or for the silo, or for winter pasture as good 

 as some of these better known and more generally grown 

 grasses. 



We have this oat grass, called tall-oat grass, and we have 

 noticed good results from its use in Kansas, and many other 

 parts of the country. It is a soft grass, makes excellent hay, 

 seems to be perfectly hardy and yields a large growth. The 

 stock seem to be very fond of it. It is a very promising grass. 



Mr. Boyd : " Do you consider that as valuable as orchard 

 grass?" 



Prof. Lazenby: " Well, sir, if I had to choose between them, 

 speaking for our own locality, I should not, I should take the 

 orchard grass. It may be I am slightly prejudiced in favor of 

 the orchard grass, but with us it does admirably. 



We like the German millet very well. We never have suc- 

 ceeded well with the Hungarian grass or common millet. We 

 cannot get what we regard a very large crop from it. We do 



