336 REporRT OF THE FARM SUPERINTENDENT OF THE 
Cynosurus cristatus? Cyn-o-su-rus cris-ta’-tus. (Crested Dog’s- 
tail Grass.) 
—---- ——. Not determined. (Bennett’s Native Wild 

Rye Grass.) 
——. Festuca pratensis? (Fort Bellingham Grass.) 
Several varieties of millet and Hungarian grass were grown 
under the names of Setaria Italica, Panicum Italicum, Setaria 
Germanica, Panicum Germanicum, Pearl Millet, German Millet, 
Hungarian Grass, etc. These names have become so mixed as to 
be quite indefinite. 



Additional Clovers. 
Onobrychis sativa. On-o-bry-chis sa-ti-va. (Sainfoin, or English 
Cow Grass.) 
Medicago maculata. Med-i-ca’-go mac-u-la’-ta. (Burr Clover.) 
Trifolium incarnatum. Tri-fo’-li-um in-car-na-tum. (Crimson Tre- 
foil or Scarlet Italian.) 
T. hybridum. Hy-brid-um. (Alsike Clover.) 
T. pratensis. Pra-ten’-sis. (Common Red Clover, Peavine Clover.) 
T. medium. Me’-di-um. (Medium Red Clover.) 
Some of the above grasses are so well known and generally cul- 
tivated as to require no recommendation from any source to the 
practical stockman. There are several which in earliness and 
other good qualities seem well fitted to rank with the favorite 
Timothy. The best of these for hay are Fescuta elatior and pra- 
tensis, Dactylis glomerata and Avena elatior. For early hay, 
where the stubble is to be grazed, there seems to be no grass 
which can equal Poa pratensis, and Alopecurus pratensis is ee 
fitted to take a place in the good pasture grasses. 
June Grass (Poa pratensis) has come into disrepute in most 
sections of the Northern States as a field or pasture grass. This is 
chiefly due to its early ripening, after which there is onlya small crop 
of wiry hay. Cattle will wander over it when ripe, standing 15 to 24 
inches high, searching for something to eat. When cut at an early 
stage of growth, soon after the panicle is grown or when in blos- 
som, or if fed off close at that time its leaves will go on growing 
from the base all the season, and in that way it yields an incredible 
amount of pasturage. This grass makes the strongest of turfs, 
and cattle are less liable to do injury with their feet, if grazing 
when too wet, than on most other turfs. | 
