30 



annual, and grows to a height of 12 or 15 inches, Hogs and cat- 

 tle are very fond of it; and when it is properly cut, good hay is 

 made. Just as with other grasses, the mowing must occur before 

 the seeds mature, and while the stems are filled with juices Care 

 taken in maturing, it will yield excellent food for stock. It was 

 introduced into this country from India, but it has become nat- 

 uralized, and now grows every where with much greater facility 

 than some of the native grasses. It seeds so rapidly there is no 

 necessity to repeat the sowing the grass to get a good stand for 

 grazing purposes. 



per cent. 



Analysis : 





Water 



14.30 



Ash 



8.32 



Fat 



2.17 



Nitrogen free extract 



47. 54 



Crude fiber 



18 19 



Albuminoids 



9.48 



Ash 





Phosphoric acid 



9.68 



Suiph ric acid 



5.79 



Silica 



24.61 



Chlorine 



6 71 



Calcium 



56.13 



Magne ium oxide 



7 38 



Potassium oxide 



24.79 



Potassium 



7.39 



' " (C. Richardsou") 

 per cent 



' " (Wolff.) 



Plate 21. 

 DactylU glomerata. [Orchard grass.] 



Dr. Vasey says of this grass : " This is one of the most popular 

 meadow grasses of Europe, and is known to most farmers in the 

 Northern and Eastern states. It is a perennial of strong, rank 

 growth, about 3 feet high, the culm and leaves roughish, the 

 leaves broadly linear, light green, and 5 to 6 on the culm. * * * * 



The herbage when suffered to grow rank or old contains one 

 half less nutriment than that which is of recent growth. Cattle, 

 Bheep and horses eat it with the greatest avidity when it is young 

 bur will not touch it when old, hence the importance, when past- 

 illes have been understocked, of going over them with a mowing 

 machine ; the orchard grass will then stool out, and the cattle will 

 be found eating first on the very spots that they had previously 

 rejected." 







