52 FORAGE CROPS IN NEBRASKA. 



grown for hay, it shows nothing- to recommend it to favor compared 

 with other grasses better adapted to the purpose. 



Rescue f/rass {Bromus unioIoidcs).—A fairl}' good grass, but it will 

 not endure the winters in Nebraska. 



Bluejolnt {Ckilamagrostis canadensis). — This is a common prairie 

 grass of the Northern States, extending west into eastern Nebraska. 

 In Minnesota and Iowa it is a valuable wild hay grass and there called 

 bluejoint (not to be confused with the bluestem of Nebraska, Andro- 

 2)ogon furcatus^ nor the bluestem of the foot hills, Agrojjyroyi occlden- 

 tale). It thrives particularly on moist prairie and swales. Attempts 

 to grow this grass from seed have usuall}' been unsuccessful, as the 

 seed seems to lack vitality. At the Nebraska Station the seed pro- 

 duced a ver^^ poor stand. 



Bermuda grass {Cynodon. dactylon). — The best grass for summer 

 pasture in the South, but not hardy in Nebraska. 



Crested dogh-tail grass {Cynosurus cristatus). — No improvement 

 over Nebraska grasses and not to be recommended. 



Florida heggar-weed {Desrnodium molle). — An annual leguminous 

 plant of Florida and the West Indies, where it is frequently used for 

 forage. It can be grown throughout the Southern States and even as 

 far north as Nebraska. For the latter State, however, it is not likely 

 to be grown extensively, as it does not meet the requirements so well 

 as other plants. On the station plots this made quite a heavy growth 

 of wood}', unpalatable forage. 



Elymus glahriflm^us and Elymus glaucifolius. — A poor stand was 

 obtained of both these grasses, but they should be tested further. 



Eriocoma cuspidata. — A common range grass in the Rocky Mountain 

 region, but it does not give promise under cultivation. 



Eriocldoa ininctata.—K promising grass for the South, but scarcely 

 able to endure the winters of Nebraska. 



Teosinte {EucMxna inexicana).—A tropical annual forage plant 

 which is often grown in the rich bottom lands of the Southern States 

 and is frequently advertised by seedsmen for the North. It produces 

 under favorable conditions a large quantity of forage, but in Nebraska 

 it is far inferior to sorghum for this purpose. It is a coarse grass, 

 resembling corn. 



Eurotla lanata.— This is not a grass, but a forage plant, well known 

 under the name of "winter fat." In the Western States, where it 

 furnishes excellent feed upon the range, attempts to cultivate it have 

 not been attended with much success. Seed planted at the Nebraska 

 Station failed to germinate. 



II(}7^se lean {Eaha vulgaris).— The common field bean of Europe, 

 where it is a staple forage plant; but in this country it has not given 

 satisfactory results. 



Tall fescue (Festuca elatioi^). ^ResulU unsatisfactory and plot finally 



discarded. 



