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excellent Lay. In the northern section it often occupies the ground 

 alone, but in the coast region it is usually mixed with beggar- weed or 

 Mexican clover, especially the latter. On well fertilized, sandy soils 

 near the coast, crab grass, and clover often yield fully 2 tons per acre 



of hay. It needs unusual 

 care in drying, but if cut 

 before it is overripe, and 

 properly cured, the hay is 

 of good quality. 



GERMAN MILLET. 



German millet in nearly 

 all of its various forms can 

 be grown as a "catch crop" 

 on ground which becomes 

 vacant in June or Julv, as 

 it will mature in from six to 

 eight weeks from sowing 

 and can be gathered in time 

 for fall planting. The crop 

 is exhausting to the soil, 

 and should be sown only on 

 good ground. Good crops 

 can be made by alternating 

 with hairy vetch, the latter 

 seeming to provide the ni- 

 trogen needed by the millet. 

 The vetch is mowed as soon 

 as the sied begins to ma- 

 ture, about the first of June. 

 The land isthcn plowed and 

 sown with millet, which is 

 cut in July. After that a 

 moderate crop of crab grass 

 can be cut in Octobei-, and 

 the vetch seed left in the soil will cover the ground for winter grazing 

 or for an early crop of hay. This is one of the best hay rotations 

 uliich can be used for a rich and fairly heavy soil. 



Fig. 4. — Johnson grass (Andrnpoi/on halepense). 



JOHNSON GRASS. 



Johnson gra.ss ((ig. 4) is a rich lund grass. It is at the same time 

 the most highly praised and the most severely condemned grass found 

 in the South, ami both ojjinions have ample foundation. It uiuloubtedly 

 yields moie and better hay than any other i)lant grown in this region. 

 It will give from two to four cuttings yearly, and each cutting will make 

 from 1 to 2 tons of hay. The hay, although coarse in appearance, 



