. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. PERENNIAL RYE GRASS. HI ? 11 e r tinuo many weeks, parching up every green thing. There is, perhaps, no grass, the characteristics of which vary so much, from the influences of soil, climate, and culture, as pe- rennial rye grass. Certain it is that this grass has been cultivated in E
. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. PERENNIAL RYE GRASS. HI ? 11 e r tinuo many weeks, parching up every green thing. There is, perhaps, no grass, the characteristics of which vary so much, from the influences of soil, climate, and culture, as pe- rennial rye grass. Certain it is that this grass has been cultivated in England since 1677, and ''n the south of France from time imme- morial. It is admitted to be infe- rior in nutritive value to orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata), when green. Whenever it is cut for hay, it is necessary to take it in the blossom, or very soon after, since otherwise it becomes hard and wiry, and is not relished by stock of any kind; and it changes very rapidly after blossoming, from a state in which it contains the greatest amount of water, sugar, &c., and the least amount of woody fibre, into the state in which it possesses the least amount of water, sugar, &c., and the greatest amount of woody fibre, and other insoluble solid mat- ter. A specimen, analyzed about \ the 20th of June, and found to contain 81^ per cent, of water, and 18| per cent, of solid matter, was found, only three weeks later, to contain only 69 per cent, water, and 31 of solid matter. Fig. 84. Perennial flye Grass. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. Boston : J. E. Tilton
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