36 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES 
southern Texas. It is useful in wet or almost swampy 
land, where it will furnish a large quantity of forage. 
Pard-grass does not well withstand grazing because its 
extensive stolons, being above ground, are killed or 
injured by trampling. Guinea-grass grows on drier land 
than that best suited to Pard-grass. It is extensively 
used for pasture, hay and green fodder at low altitudes 
in the tropics. It withstands grazing well and its numer- 
ous basal shoots furnish a large amount of palatable 
forage. 
TEMPORARY PASTURE 
38. Temporary pasture, as here understood, refers 
to pasture obtained incidentally from plants grown for 
other purposes, or to that obtained from annual plants. 
The usual kind of temporary pasture is that from plants 
grown primarily for hay. It is a common practice to 
graze meadows after the hay has been cut. Care must 
be taken that the meadow is not grazed too closely and 
the plants are not injured by the trampling of animals in 
wet weather. Alfalfa is commonly grazed in the West, 
where this may be the chief forage crop grown. There is 
objection to allowing cattle and sheep to graze on alfalfa 
and clover since these legumes are likely to cause bloat- 
ing. Fall-sown grain is often used for pasture, and stand- 
ing corn-stalks furnish considerable fodder after the corn 
has been removed by husking in the field. 
Annual plants for pasture 
39. Grains, especially rye, are sometimes grown 
primarily for pasture, being sown usually in the summer or 
fall. Sorghum in some of its varieties is grown for pasture 
