428 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Redtop has also shown itself very hardy on most of the soils, although it is 

 not a very satisfactory grass when used alone. P.luegrass has been shown 

 to be fairly well adapted practically everywhere, except on the drier lands 

 where orchard grass is much to be preferred. Of the clovers, the red, alsike, 

 and white have proven quite generally adapted to all but the driest lands, 

 where their place will undoubtedly be taken by Japan clover. 



" The results of the application of manure and fertilizers show a universal 

 benefit from manure and almost a universal benefit from bone meal, while the 

 dried blood does not seem to be a paying application ; lime gave a return of 

 consequence in only 1 instance." 



From the results of field investigations among the farmers of 25 counties 

 of the Ozark region, it was concluded that the matter of securing profitable 

 pastures depended first, upon the permanent removal of undergrowth, and 

 second, upon proper methods of pasture management, including the proper 

 selection of grasses and clovers, as well as the method 'of seeding and han- 

 dling. In removing the undergrowth, goats were deemed in general to be 

 more economical, where it was possible to use them, than sheep or hand labor. 



Mixtures of grass seeds for pasture purposes are given for the valley lands 

 and include Kentucky bluegrass as the basis, timothy, and white or alsike 

 clover. For the drier and more stony upland, orchard grass forms the basis 

 of mixtures. Spring seeding is almost invariably to be recommended. A 

 method described is the feeding of stock with hay, preferably a mixture of 

 timothy and redtop, on the land to be seeded, this being aided by the tramping 

 of the cattle. 



A description of each of 13 varieties of the most useful grasses and clovers 

 is given. 



Some new grasses for the South, R. A. Oakley (C7. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 

 1912, pp. Jf95-50Jf, pis. 6). — This article discusses the methods of introduction 

 ond the usefulness of Rhodes, Sudan, and Tunis grasses, found in Africa. A 

 description of these grasses and methods of their cultivation as forage and hay 

 crops are given. 



Grasses at Ruakura, A. W. Green (Jour. New Zeal. Dept. Agr., 5 (1912), 

 No. 3, p. 216). — This article gives Bromus unioloides, B. carinatus, B. giganr 

 tens, B. pumpiUaria, Alopecurus puhescens, Wakeman fescue, and Arena flaves- 

 cens as grasses that have made the most satisfactory winter growth in a variety 

 test. In general frequent cuttings induced quick growth. 



Cultivation of forage plants, L. Misson (Rev. Vet. e Zootech., 2 (1912), 

 No. 2. pp. 91-101, pis. 6). — This paper discusses the cultivalion and gives 

 tabulated yields of numerous varieties of grasses, legumes, root crops, and 

 miscellaneous crops harvested near Rio Janeiro in 1908, 1909, and 1911. Yields 

 of green forage ranged from 5,554 to 259.740 kg. per hectare (from 2.47 to 

 115.58 tons per acre). 



Cereal experiments in the Texas Panhandle, J. F. Ross and A. H. Leidigh 

 (?7. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 283, pp. 79, figs. 13).— In this 

 bulletin the authors discuss conditions in the Panhandle, including meteoro- 

 logical observations, and report experimental work begun in 1903 and carried 

 on at 4 different points. 



Results obtained at Channing, Hartley County, in 1905 and 1906 " show that 

 hard red winter wheats, black winter emmer. and winter rye gave profitable 

 yields. Among spring wheats Galgalos and Chul (common) wheats and 

 Kubanka (durum) wheat were the best yielding varieties, but none of them 

 equaled the winter varieties. Early oats like Burt, Red Rustproof, and Sixty- 

 Day gave only fair yields and later varieties still smaller. No spring barleys 

 did well. 



