. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. unlike the wild Cm VI. Cultivated Grasses- *5643. The forage or ho;/ and pasture grasses, of which we are now about to treat, arefound clothing the surface of the earth in every zone, attaining generally a greaterheight, with less closeness at the root in the warm climates ; and producing a low, close,thick, dark green nutritive herbage,
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. unlike the wild Cm VI. Cultivated Grasses- *5643. The forage or ho;/ and pasture grasses, of which we are now about to treat, arefound clothing the surface of the earth in every zone, attaining generally a greaterheight, with less closeness at the root in the warm climates ; and producing a low, close,thick, dark green nutritive herbage, in the cooler latitudes. The best grass pastures,those which are most productive and nutritive, are such as are found in countries thathave least cold in winter,and no excess of heat in summer. Ireland, Britain, and part ofHolland and Denmark, may equal or surpass any countries of the world in this respect;but in every zone where there are high mountains, there are certain positions betweenthe base and summit, where, from the equability of the temperature, turf may be foundequal to that in marine islands. It is a singular circumstance with regard to grasses, Book VI. HAY GRASSES. 88? that in the greater part of North America, the sorts that grow naturally on the plai
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