REPORT ON GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS. 161 
Mr. D. L. Phares, Woodville, Miss., says of this grass: “The hay 
is very highly esteemed by many farmers. In Northeast Mississippi 
J have seen large fields of it mowed.” This grass should be cut early, 
while it is juicy and palatable. This will be at the first appearance of 
the flowers. (See Plate 2.) 
Proximate analysis of Panicum crusgalli, from Texas ( Barnyard grass, Cock’s-foot). 
Per cent. 
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100. 00 
Analysis of ash of Panicum crusgalli (Barnyard grass, Cock’s-foot). 
Per cent. 
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100. 00 
PANICUM SANGUINALE—Crab grass. 
Description.—An annual grass, native of Europe, but thoroughly natu- 
ralized in all parts of the country. It springs up in cultivated and waste 
grounds in the summer, and grows with great rapidity in the hot weather, 
sending out roots from the lower joints which take firm hold of the soil 
and enable it to spread in all directions. It is esteemed a great pest in 
the Northern States, causing a great deal of labor to keep the corn-fields 
clear of it. In the Southern States it is well known, and is one of the 
chief hay crops, giving a large yield, and of an excellent quality, if cut 
before the ripening of its seeds. It is also employed for summer past- 
ures, and answers an excellent purpose during August and September, 
when the grasses of the spring are old, dry, and perhaps burned by the 
sun. The flowers are on slender spikes, which are 4 to 6 inches long, 
and all crowded near the top of the stem, like those of the yard grass 
(Hleusine indica), but more slender. It will be easily recognized by the 
figure without an extended description. 
Uses.—Professor Killebrew, Tennessee, says: 
It is a fine pasture grass, although it has but few base leaves and forms no sward, 
yet it sends ont numerous stems, branching freely at the base. It serves a most useful 
purpose in stock husbandry, and the northern farmers would congratulate themselves 
very much if they had it to turn their cattle on while the clover fields and meadows 
are parched up with summer heat. It fills all our corn-fields, and many persons pull 
it out, which is a tedious process. It makes a sweet hay, and horses are exceedingly 
fond of it, leaving the best hay to cat it. (See Piate 3.) ‘ 
11 AGR 
