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which had been re-seeded, became covered with plants. A. 
fair growth was made, and on J uly 7 the first panicles ap- 
peared, and from this time on the growth was fairly rapid. 
On Aug. 4 the plants averaged four feet in height, and 
were very succulent and had a fair amount of foliage. By 
August 26 some of the plants had attained six feet, and the: 
growth was decidedly rank. At this date it was in full 
bloom, and the seeds in the dough state. 
The plants stool strikingly.. It appears much like a 
dwarf sorghum of some types. Dried it is rather inferior, 
and very coarse. It might make a good crop for soiling in 
some localities, but in this latitude the inclemency of 
weather makes it entirely impractical to grow it, so long as. 
we possess other grasses far more valuable. 
BERMUDA GRASS (Cynodon dactylon). 
This grass has been grown at the Station for two years. 
It would be almost impossible to harvest a crop from it. It 
creeps along the surface of the ground, throwing down. 
roots from every node, and thus tying itself most firmly 
to the surface soil. It rapidly spreads, but the first frost of 
consequence kills its foliage completely. It does not winter 
here, the roots being entirely killed, but its seed, if sown, 
will vegetate in a lingering way for several years. It has. 
no value whatsoever, so far as can be seen for this latitude, 
and this is perhaps fortunate when we consider what a pest 
it is considered in some localities South. The growth is. 
densely matted on the surface of the ground, yet it does. 
not attain a height of but three or four inches. 
SHEEP FESCUE GRASS (Festuca ovina). 
The first appearance of the new foliage of this variety 
was on April 12, and the growth was quite rapid till cutting’ 
time—June 4. On April 27 panicles first appeared, and 
by June 4 the plants were sufficiently in bloom to be cut. 
Fifty sq. ft. yielded at the rate of 6,090 lbs. of green fodder: 
per acre. The body of the crop mostly consists of wiry, 
tough stems and flower heads, while the leaf growth is very 
fine and meagre. 
Cattle do not relish this grass, so far as Station experi- 
ence goes. The upper portions of the plant, consisting of 
panicle and part of the stem, were eaten, while a consider- 
able share of it, in the main very tough, was rejected. It. 
was noticeable that, in eating the stems, the cows gritted. 
their teeth to a considerable extent. 
In the plants grown at the Station of Red Foseua (F. 
rubra) and the Hard Fescue (F’. duriuscula) I could detect. 
no difference from them and ovina. This was evidently the- 
result of improperly named: seed. 
