Lecture on the Constitution of Old Pastures and Meadows

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Excerpt from Lecture on the Constitution of Old Pastures and Meadows: Delivered January 14, 1869 Pastures and Meadows, which have not been disturbed by the plow for many years, differ in so many respects from those newly made, and moreover arc often so highly valued, that it may be profitable to Consider in what this difference consists, and the conditions upon which their superior excellence depends. We may say that the old ones differ from new ones in at least four important particulars. 1st. The texture of the turf. 2d. The species of grasses contained. 3d. The qualities of the forage, and 4th. Their diseases and mishaps. In these particulars the differences are the most obvious, but in the lesser details, many others might be enumerated. A true turf or sod belongs only to temperate or cool and moist climates, to regions where more or less snow falls in the winter, and where the drouths of summer are not too frequent nor excessive. Botanists are acquainted with many thousands of species of grasses, I know not how many, but more than 4000 species have been described, classed in some 300 genera, constituting a well-marked natural order or family of plants, which order stands first in importance to man. It includes all our cereal grains as well as those plants known more familiarly as grasses. They arc found in all climates, and in all parts of the world. But only those belonging to the temperate and cool parts of the earth form a true sod, and furthermore, only a small proportion of those belonging to any one region, even if not too hot, has this habit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.