. Grasses and forage plants, by Killebrew. on the15th of May. After coming up a cultivator was run between the rows onetime which was all the cultivation it received. The first cutting wasmade 46 days after planting. When cut it was seven feet high and coveredthe whole ground. This cutting weighed green, gave a yield of thirtytons to the acre; weighed after being dried, six and a half tons. Thesecond growth, which was of tropical luxuriance, started at once from thestubble left three inches high at first cutting. The second cutting wasAugust loth, forty-five days from the first cutting. T
. Grasses and forage plants, by Killebrew. on the15th of May. After coming up a cultivator was run between the rows onetime which was all the cultivation it received. The first cutting wasmade 46 days after planting. When cut it was seven feet high and coveredthe whole ground. This cutting weighed green, gave a yield of thirtytons to the acre; weighed after being dried, six and a half tons. Thesecond growth, which was of tropical luxuriance, started at once from thestubble left three inches high at first cutting. The second cutting wasAugust loth, forty-five days from the first cutting. The height of thiswas nine feet and it weighed at the rate of forty-five tons to the acre,green, and eight tons dried. The third crop was cut October 1st. whichweighed ten tons green and one and a half tons dried. The cool weatherof autumn sensibly afTected its growth. The aggregate yield from one sowing was ninety-five tons, in 135 days, of green fodder, which made six-teen tons when dried. It should be cut for hay when the heads Prarl ni Cat-lail Millrl-l,)i>iis,hini As to its feeding value it is about equal to corn fodder. Cattle,horses and sheep are very fond of it both green and dry. It has probably 33 the largest productive capacity, when grown upon highly manured lands,of any forage crop now grown. While the fodder is coarse it is highlynutritious. The only difificulty is to cure it sufficiently to prevent it fromfermenting and moulding. It will grow and flourish wherever Indiancorn may be grown. The weight of the seed is fifty pounds per bushel. MEADOW OAT GRASS OR ^VERGRUEN—(Arrhenatherum elatius.)—(Meadow and Pasture.)This grass is equally valuable for making hay. for pasturage and forsoiling. It produces an immense amount of foliage and its aftermathis about as heavy as the first crop. Having characteristics and adapta-bility similar to those of the oat, it has been widely distributed in theUnited States from New England to Georgia. It
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