300 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



with ease to the sower. About 10 pounds of seed per 

 acre ought to suffice. 



This grass can be established at least as quickly and 

 even more surely by planting the divided roots. The 

 preparation of the land and the planting of the roots 

 may be done in much the same way as Bermuda grass 

 is planted (see p. 1'20), but the root cuttings of the 

 Texas blue grass should be planted closer because of 

 the less power which it has to multiply rapidly. Two 

 feet by one has been mentioned as a suitable distance, 

 for planting the root cuttings. Whether it will an- 

 swer best to sow it alone or in mixtures does not ap- 

 pear to have been fully determined. Some have 

 thought that by growing it along with Bermuda grass 

 the two Avould furnish grazing all the year, but ex- 

 periments with that aim in view have thus far not 

 been markedly successful. 



Pasturing. — This grass w^ould seem to be especially 

 well adapted to the growing of pasture in the South. 

 In these, it will grow more rapidly than Kentucky 

 l)lue grass and will produce much more grazing. It 

 has been claimed, that i^ this respect, it is not sur- 

 passed by any other grass, in the South. It grows 

 early, and although it does not grow quickly in dry 

 summer weather, it comes on at once after the autumn 

 rains begin to fall, and grows through much or all of 

 the winter, accordng to the locality, thus furnishing 

 winter forage freely. It keeps green through nearly 

 all the year, even as far north as Tennessee. It forms 

 a thick turf and stands grazing well. It is particularly 



