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4, Orchard grass, f dactylis glomerata^ TQUgli 

 €ock^s foot grass of England J, is^lso largely culti- 

 vated in the United States, 



This grass is also spoken of in slight terms by the 

 British writers : but our own experience is much in 

 its favour. It ripens before timothy, flourishes well 

 in the shade of orchards, and is greedily eaten by 

 horses if cut before the stalk grows old. 



5. Lucerne is but partially cultivated, notwith- 

 ^standing our light soils are so particularly adapted 

 to the extension of its top roots, and that it is so 

 well calculated to resist the parching effects of our 

 increasing dry Summers, From the experiments 

 which have been made with it in New Jersey, it ajj- 

 :p€ars, that in the second year, four cuttings are ob- 

 tained, and that good pasture is afterwards afforded. 

 And Chancellor Livingston, of New York, has shewn, 

 that the profit of an acre of this grass, will exceed, 

 on the two first years, £7. per acre. The duration 

 of this plant is another argument in favour of its cul- 

 tivation. 



6^ Sain foin^ csparcet^ and Pimfiernel^ are scarce- 

 ly known, though highly valuable, * 



The inhabitants of the most southern states are in 

 an especial manner interested in increasing the num* 

 ber of their materials for both green and dry food 

 for cattle. The mildness of their Winters, does in- 

 deed save them the trouble, to which the more north- 

 crn farmer is obliged to submit, of preparing a large 



* See Trans. Agr. Soc. of N. York, and Do^. Unp, V9l. f«ra 



^15 apcount of these ^rae^es. 



