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Pearl in Uli't or penclIarHt {Penvisetum .^jncatum). — A coarse annual 

 forao-o plant, ivsomblino- sorj-hum. Some extravagant claims have 

 been made for this plant, but thouoli it has nuich to recommend it in 

 the Southern States, in Nebraska it is inferior to sorohum. At the sta- 

 tion, in 11)03, it made a large growth of forage, l)ut it was not of great 

 food value. For a full account of pearl millet the reader is referred 

 to Farmers' Bulletin No. KIS, U. S. IVpartment of Agriculture. 



Poa Jifv'njatd. — Three years' trials show that this grass would be 

 excellent for pasture, but does not grow tall enough for hay. It 

 showed great drought resistance during the dry period in iltol. 



Sacaline {Pohjyonidi) s((c'h/t/i7iefise).—Th\s plant, which resembles a 

 large smartweed, has been occasionally advertised by seedsmen, but it 

 has no value as a forage plant in Nebraska. 



Burnet {PotetHHin xanguiKo^'ha). — A plant ])elonging to the rose 

 family and used in Europe for pasture, for which purpose it has been 

 reconnnended in this country. The trials at the Nebraska Station show 

 that the i)lant gave a fair stand and is able to resist the winter, and 

 also seems fairly drought resistant. Nevertheless, its good (jualities 

 are not sufficiently marked to warrant its being reconnnended for 

 Nebraska. The trials at other stations have resulted much the same. 

 For ordinary i)asture purposes the growth is not sufficiently rank nor 

 is the foliage as i)alatal)le to cattle as are the grasses. It may have a 

 place as a constituent in sheep pasture upon sterile sandy or rocky soil 

 in the Northeastern States, but in Nebraska it is not likely to ))e of 

 much value. 



Shni(/h-</r<is.s {Spart!n<( e]/nosurou7es). — A native grass, common in 

 sloughs and marshes, that furnishes considerable coarse hay when 

 mowed early. The grass is commonly used for thatching sheds and 

 for topping haystacks. In the trials at the Nebraska Station the seed 

 failed to germinate. 



Gia7it spurri/ {Spergula maxima). — This annual plant has some value 

 for forage upon sandy land, but it is scarcely drought resistant enough 

 for Nebraska. 



S2>oroh>It(y cryptandn(f<. — A grass especially adapted to sandy soils, 

 and one of the common native grasses of the Sand Hill region. It 

 furnishes valuable grazing when young, but becomes dry and coarse 

 by middle summer. At the Nebraska Station the seed did not o-ermi- 

 nate. 



Saccaton {Sporoholns vwighti!). — An important native forage grass 

 of the Southwest, Init not hardy as far north as Nebraska. There was 

 no germination on the station plot. 



Orhnson clover {Tri folium incarnatum). — An excellent annual clover 

 for the middle South, but not hardy in Nebraska. 



