344 BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
No. 10; but the hay was over-ripe, nevertheless, since many of its seeds 
had evidently been shed. No.one of the analyses indicates hay of so 
good quality as a sample of salt-meadow hay from the German Island 
Poel in the Baltic Sea, that was examined by G. Lehmann,* some ten 
or twelve years ago, and which contained — 
EY SSUOE a> te see tw te 8 le 0 Oe 
Ash (free ren nd oe 8 os ee ee 
Albuminoids . . ae EB 
Carbohydrates Gnckuding 3. 29h o af fat, i.é., nore oseatay . 88.45 
Cellulose .. «+ «tla ely eee 
100.00 
It should be observed in this connection that my purpose was to 
find out the composition of hays such as are actually used by the gen- 
erality of farmers in New England. It was no part of my plan to 
collect at this time the best possible samples. 
B. FresH-MEADOW or Boa Hays. 
1. A sample of the sedge Carex stricta, growing in tufts or has- 
socks on a moist meadow upon the Bussey Farm, was gathered by 
hand June 11, 1873, and carefully dried in a loft, where it was placed 
immediately after cutting. When dry, the hay was packed in a paper 
bag, and kept in a dry place until analyzed, in December, 1874. The 
sedge was “going to seed” when cut, and a large number of its seeds 
fell from the stalks during the process of drying. (For a partial 
analysis of these seeds, see page 348.) But many of them still re- 
mained adhering to the dry stalks, and were included in the sample 
taken for analysis. 
2. Another sample of Carex stricta, gathered by hand June 16, 
1873, from a wet meadow a mile or more to the eastward of the pre- 
ceding locality. This sample was collected at 7} A.m., while drops of 
dew were still clinging to a few of its leaves. It was taken immedi- 
* “Die landwirthschaftlichen Versuchs-stationen,” 1864, 6.483. About 50% 
of this hay was black grass cut when in blossom; from 80 to 40% was Agrostis 
alba that had passed the time of flowering; and the remaining 10 to 20% con- 
sisted of a mixture of Ammophila baltica, the flower-stalks of Armeria vulgaris, 
and plants (bearing ripe fruit) of Glaux maritima, Triglochin maritimum, and 
Spergula arvensis, together with fragments of other kinds of grasses and herbs 
that could not be determined. Lehmann mentions particularly that many of 
the components of this mixture of dried grasses were “ young and tender.” 
