﻿AGRICULTURE. 
  199 
  

  

  appears 
  to 
  stand 
  the 
  drought 
  well, 
  and, 
  notwithstanding 
  

   it 
  is 
  coarse 
  and 
  tough, 
  cattle 
  seem 
  to 
  thrive 
  upon 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  crab 
  grass 
  ■ 
  {panicum 
  sanguinale), 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  

   very 
  wide 
  geographical 
  range, 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  and 
  persistent 
  species 
  here. 
  It 
  is 
  that 
  with 
  which 
  

   the 
  planter 
  has 
  chiefly 
  to 
  contend 
  in 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  

   the 
  cotton 
  and 
  corn 
  crop. 
  It 
  has 
  ample 
  time 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  

   maturity 
  after 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  ceased, 
  

   producing 
  generally 
  a 
  heavy 
  and 
  luxuriant 
  crop 
  between 
  

   the 
  corn 
  rows, 
  from 
  which 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  crab-grass 
  hay 
  

   saved 
  is 
  pulled 
  by 
  the 
  hand. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  many 
  other 
  native 
  grasses, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  crow- 
  

   foot 
  and 
  other 
  yard 
  grasses, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  has 
  assumed 
  

   any 
  importance 
  for 
  producing 
  or 
  saving 
  of 
  hay. 
  

  

  The 
  timothy, 
  blue 
  grass, 
  and 
  orchard 
  grass, 
  receive 
  

   some 
  attention 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  are 
  

   rarely 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  portions 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  white 
  clover 
  is 
  pretty 
  generally 
  distributed, 
  grows 
  

   luxuriantly 
  in 
  good 
  soil, 
  and 
  might 
  be 
  turned 
  to 
  good 
  

   account 
  but 
  for 
  its 
  objectionable 
  property 
  of 
  salivating 
  

   stock, 
  especially 
  horses, 
  when 
  grazing 
  upon 
  it. 
  

  

  Experiments 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  red 
  

   clover 
  with 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  plaster 
  of 
  Paris 
  with 
  very 
  satis- 
  

   factory 
  results. 
  

  

  