. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. too 4MERICAN AGRICULTURE. seoms to be '-ts natural element, and it flourishes only in a rich upland. The Pvoughish Meadow Grass (P. trivialis Fig. 7), oas the appearance of the poa pratensis, but its stalk feela rough to the
. The American farm book : or, Compend of American agriculture ; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, rice, and every staple product of the United States, with the best methods of planting, cultivating, and preparation for market ;illustrated by more than 100 engravings. Agriculture. too 4MERICAN AGRICULTURE. seoms to be '-ts natural element, and it flourishes only in a rich upland. The Pvoughish Meadow Grass (P. trivialis Fig. 7), oas the appearance of the poa pratensis, but its stalk feela rough to the touch, while the other is smooth. It has the further difference, of pre'"erring moist or wet loams or clay. It yields ?well and affords gKjod hay and pasture. Flat-Stalked Meadow or Blue Grass (P. compressa)^ is an early dwarfish grass, which abounds in the middle and northern States. It is tenacious of its foothold wherever it It possesses little merit as hay, but is valuable for pasture, affording as it does, a close covering to the ground, and yielding much in a small Fig. 10. The Annual Meadow Grass (P. annua. Fig. 8).—This ^rass flourishes in most soils, and in nearly alt situations. It affords an early and nutritive herbage, and is relished by ail animals. It is perpetually flowering, and affords an abundance of rich seeds. It is hardy and self-propagatin"-, and seldom requires to be sown, but springs up wherever the ground is uncukivated. Narrow-Leaved Meadow (P. angustifolia, Fig. 9).— This is an early pasture grass, throwing out a profusion of slender leaves. It flowers late, and before it ha,? reached this point of its maturity, it is liable to rust, which diminishes its value for hay. It is for this reason, as well as its diminu- tive size, much bettat' adapted to pasture. Red Top. Herds' Grass, Foul Meadow, or Fine Bent {Agrostis vulgaris, Fig. 10), is a hardy, luxuriant grass,. Please note that these images are extracted from scan
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