. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. 1(13 DAIRY FARMING. true pasture grasses; the succulent sugar-eaue and the lofty bamboo alike belong to this order. Rice alone furnishes more food to the human race than any other one species, and probably nine- tenths of the plants in an (irdiiiary natural jiasturc are true grasses. Before giving a brief account of the most important pasture grasses it will be necessary to say a few words on the structure of the grass-jilant and its flower, and to indicate the means of dis- tinguishi
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. 1(13 DAIRY FARMING. true pasture grasses; the succulent sugar-eaue and the lofty bamboo alike belong to this order. Rice alone furnishes more food to the human race than any other one species, and probably nine- tenths of the plants in an (irdiiiary natural jiasturc are true grasses. Before giving a brief account of the most important pasture grasses it will be necessary to say a few words on the structure of the grass-jilant and its flower, and to indicate the means of dis- tinguishing between the true grasses and certain far less valuable plants which bear a close resem- blance to them. All grasses have filirous roots, which are frequently given off from cree]iiug underground. Fig. Gl.—Buckwheat. stems. The parts above ground consist of ascend- ing axes, or stems, called cnlins, and these produce the leaves and flowers. The leaves are always entire and usually strap-shaped, tapering, however, towards the upper end. If the base of the leaf be examined, it will l)e seen to form a sheath around the culm, the sheath being not entire but split down lengthwise in front. At the place where the leaf springs from the stem, the latter will be seen to be swollen, and this swollen part is called a joint. By cutting across the stem it will be found to be hollow, excepting at the joint, where it is solid. Most of these details will be best understood by examining a living speci- men, nevertheless they are represented in Fig. G3, which illustrates the culms of the rye-plant. If the leaf be bent back from the culm, there will be seen at the top of the leaf-sheath, and between the leaf and the culm, a small membranous projection, which is apparently a continuation of the lining (if the sheath. This structure is called a Ihjnle, and attention is drawn to it because, as it varies in size and shape in difi'erent grasses, it will in some eases be found of use in discriminat
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