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been harvested. It is visimlly more or less mixed with crab-grass, Mexican clover, 

 and beggar-weed, and is highly valued as a hay plant. It comes nj) so late in the 

 ■season that it is rarely troublesome as a weed. Most feeders prefer it to crab- 

 grass, as it cures more easily. It appears to be more abundant iu Georgia than else- 

 where, and in many sections of that State nearly all the hay saved for home use is 

 from this grass, grown in cornfields. Crowfoot hay is of good quality, though the 

 yield is seldom more than one ton per acre when the grass is grown alone; it is often 

 double that amount when mixed with Mexican clover or beggar-weed. 



Feather-grass {LeptocMoa mncronata). — Annnal ; stems clustered, erect, branched 

 from near the base, 2 to 3 feet; leaves rather numerous, long, flat, somewhat rough- 

 ened; panicles large and widely spreading, branchesvery slender and wiry; spikclet 

 small. Common in rich, cultivated ground, and quite showy, but the leaves are so 

 rough and the stems so hard and woody that stock refuse it when grazing, and it has 

 almost no value. Usually regarded as a weed. 



Goose-grass {Elensine indica). —Ammal; at first prostrate, but finally becoming 

 erect ; stems much flattened, smooth, 1 to 2 feet high ; leaves numerous, long, smooth ; 

 spikes 3 to 6, digitate, 1 to 2 or 3 inches long. 



A late species, which grows in cultivated ground in all parts of the South and is 

 everywhere regarded as a troublesome weed. When sufficiently abundant to be cut 

 for hay it makes a good crop, and as it makes its best growth late in the season it 

 adds considerably to the fall grazing. 



Japanese 'Wheat-^ra.ss {Brachypodium jajwnicum) . — A short-lived perennial; stems 

 several, spreading or upright, 2 to 3 feet lall; leaves numerous, long, nearly smooth, 

 one-half to threc-l'ourths of an inch wide at the base; spikes 6 to 10 inches long, 

 rather diffuse ; spikelets half an inch in length, with awns twice as long ; whole plant 

 usually more or less tinged with purple. 



A winter-growing plant, first introduced into California from New Zealand, Avhich 

 does well under the same treatment as that required for Rescue grass, being at its 

 best in March and April. It is valuable as a part of .a mixture for newly prepared 

 pasture lands. It has succeeded well in trial plots at all the Southern experiment 

 stations, but has been less successful under ordinary field conditions. 



Kentucky Blue grass {Poa pralenns). — This grass is not the uniform success in 

 the Gulf States which it is farther north, though in some places it is of considerable 

 value. On low ground where the soil is dark colored and contains an abundance of 

 lime and on seepy hillsides it sometimes gives good late fall and winter grazing, 

 but it is useless to sow it on dry clay hills, and it nowhere makes the smooth lawns 

 and broad meadows which it docs in more northern States. 



Lizard-tail Grass (Rackclochloaf/ranularis). — Annual; stems usually single, erect, 

 much branched, 2 to 4 feet; leaves few at the base, very abundant on the stems, 

 rather long and wide, rough; spikelets terminating the branches, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 slender; seeds abundant. 



An introduced sjiecies which is found occasionally in cultivated places, though 

 rarely abundant. As it produces an unusual amount of seed, it makes a very rich 

 hay, though the lower part of the stem is rather hard and dry. Regarded as valu- 

 able where it grows spontaneously, but not deemed worth cultivating. 



Millet {(Jha-iochloa italica). — When a crop of hay is wanted from land which 

 has been occupied by some early crop, some variety of millet can often be used to 

 advantage. It is a grass which requires rich land, and is exhausting to the soil; 

 hence should not be followed by cotton or corn, though it may often be used to pre- 

 cede clover or the seeding of a field for permanent pasture. If cut early, before the 

 seeds begin to harden, it makes excellent hay, but if the stems are allowed to 

 mature they become so hard and woody that they are not eaten, and the seeds, if fed 

 in any considerable quantity, are often injurious to horses and mules. The crop 

 sometimes fails on account of a drought soon after sowing, but if rains follow, so as 

 to germinate the seed and give the plants a fair start, they sufter little from later 

 droughts. There are several varieties, difl'ering principally in size, the form known 



