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in after the early vegetable crops have been shipped and 



often makes a crop of two tons of hay per acre without 



any sowing. This grass is never cultivated, but always 



appears after the crops have been cultivated in the South, 



and is then found of value, and the hay, if cut at the 



proper stage, is equal to the best timothy hay. It is a 



common practice on the truck farms in the South after the 



crop of string beans has been shipped, to plow the vines 



under and smooth the ground and then let the crab grass 



have possession for the fall hay crop. 



This is a coarse annual grass that delights 



Panicum ^^ ^^^ moist land and is sometimes used as 



Cms Galli , , . . , , 



a hay crop, and makes a nutritive hay that 



stock are fond of. Efforts have been made by some seeds- 

 men to boom a variety of this grass under the name of 

 " Billion-dollar" grass. But for the Northern States there 

 are many grasses that are far better for the farmer that 

 are of a permanent and perennial character. This annual 

 grass may have some value in the South. 



There are a number of other Panicums that may have 

 value in particular sections, but as a class they have not a 

 high forage-making value. In the high mountain section 

 of North CaroHna, a perennial Panicum, Panicum clan- 

 destinum has acquired a local reputation under the name 

 of fodder grass. It is a hardy but coarse-growing grass, 

 and where it succeeds better grass can be grown. 



Setaria Italica, commonly known as Hun- 

 Htmgarian ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ German millet, is a native of 

 ^"^^^^ Asia, which has been extensively introduced 



in all the countries of Europe and America. It is an 

 annual grass of strong growth on fertile soil. It varies 



