. The grasses of Tennessee; including cereals and forage plants. Grasses; Forage plants; Grain. sheep's fescue. 185 ful on dry hillsides, or sandy, old fields, where blue grass will not thrive well. It has long leaves, and they are much sought for by cattle. It has been grown extensively in East Tennessee, and is grown in some localities in Davidson county, without much success. The Hon. Staunton Gould says this grass forms the great bulk of the sheep pastures of the Highlands of Scot- land, where it is the favorite food of the sheep, and where the shepherds believe it to be more nutritious fo
. The grasses of Tennessee; including cereals and forage plants. Grasses; Forage plants; Grain. sheep's fescue. 185 ful on dry hillsides, or sandy, old fields, where blue grass will not thrive well. It has long leaves, and they are much sought for by cattle. It has been grown extensively in East Tennessee, and is grown in some localities in Davidson county, without much success. The Hon. Staunton Gould says this grass forms the great bulk of the sheep pastures of the Highlands of Scot- land, where it is the favorite food of the sheep, and where the shepherds believe it to be more nutritious for flocks than any other. Gmelin says the Tartars choose to encamp during the summer where this grass is most abundant, because they be- lieve it to be the most wholesome for all cattle, but especially for sheep. Linnaeus asserts that sheep have no relish for hills and heaths without it. It grows in dry sandy soils where all other vegetation parches up. The roots are long, turf short and dense, making it well suited for lawns. It retains its verdure during the most ex- tended droughts. It will not bear ma- nuring, for then it is dispossessed by other grasses. Its great value is for pasturage upon sandy soils. It will suit the Cumberland Table-land. The Woburn experiments showed that, cut at the time of flowering, the product of one acre was 5,445 pounds, which gave 212 pounds of nutritive matter. The same number of pounds was obtained, cut when the seeds were ripe, but there were only 127 pounds of nutritive matter. The after- math yielded 3,403 pounds of hay, having 66 pounds of nutritive matter. From this it appears that there is a dif- ference between the results obtained by chemists and prac- tical feeders as to its nutritive 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 Killebrew, J. B. (J
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