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The Farm

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
February
Year
1881
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tu various yuarters we find considerable discussion as to the valué 1' Uie different grasses used in agricultura The majority prefer tiraothy, bul aow and then sume one is suie tlial orchard-grass is best of all, while otbers contend tliat blué-grass, red-top, or asme ather is besi of all. Bul il seems to us to be a matter of climaie. or soil, or seasoa. In Kentucky the blue-grass becomes famous, nol only Eor theheavy crops it yields,as for the large ampunt of niilrition it seems to yield. The same graas is widely known ín Pennsylvania as greengrass ; bul ao one seems 1" have ob:i in (iiis State tha1 thtó species has any specialïy nutritive character apon UT. Orchard-grass haa many adaiirers. Il yields Heavily, and asi! will do tolerably '(ll in sitnations where other grasses dn :o', ■,;) sp wei! it lias this adA.giin, it puslies np its herbage eíU'lier th ithers : and as anything green in spring is invitin Í! anima on dry tood all winter, seeni very gi-ateftil lor an eariy turning-out to graze nan orchanl-grass pasture. It is interesting to note how little heat, sécula lo be necessary to gei some kinds of 'ow, andliowiiiueh . star) others. ïhus timóthy hardlj rt Uil long after ail others. Green-grass and toerds-grass, or red ometimes called, i.; also rather late. The two wliich seems mosl i rted of thepopujar kinds are r. 'nul orchard-grase. In fliis part of the world rye-grass has become rather common as a pasturerass. Many Eh'glish people at yarious thues havesettled aliont here, andryegrass being the favorite English g-nis. naturally been extensivJy tried by them. So f aT as we have been abléto sec, however, in fto ease will it yield anything ■ mt of liay that timothy-will ; 'nut for a pastura-grass it proces one ot the very best. M of our lawns have rye-grass among its other hërbage, as it a cliief element in many popular lawn-grass mix! and hefe lawns to put mi a green spring dress, as the. gardeners In wiiirti a liberal stock of rye-grass prevaos. It is quite as . to say the least, as orchard-g] and thouffh. us we have said, cattle lo eat orchard-grass witli gread nitliiy in early spring, fchey vil feave it Lor rye-grass if üiey have a chance, [n the South llicy seem to bus ao especia] graas on vfliieh they pn, fndecd, there íb a sort oí' tradition that will nót grow in the South, ;tlthough as a distinguished Southerí '■ j](' Sillllweed- ng out bhi ft'hjch gr'óws spóntaneouslj between other erops. ere are majiy grasses vluch would do well in the South, if care were taken to select the kinds best suited to thai región. Even here, a country fitted by nature especially for graas, we ow much depends on soil and clias wel] i cl whether we the grass lor pasture or for U vvü' : for our friends to remember in discussing the gvass ques. tion thát ve cannot ütiel to one kind alone for all purposes. The advócales of tliis or that variety - orcliard-grass or whatever it may be- may also take u hint that we need all the kinds we

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