284 GRASSES FOR THE SOUTH. 



Poa serotina (Fowl meadow). 



Poa pratensis (June grass, Blue grass of Kentucky). 



Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow foxtail). 



Deyeuxia (Calamagrastis), Canadensis (Blue joint). 



Concerning a selection for central Kansas, Professor Shelton 

 remarks : " For pasture, I have no hesitation in recommending 

 the following sorts, placing them in the order of their importance : 

 orchard grass, alfalfa, red clover, taller fescue, Kentucky blue 

 grass. For mowing purposes, our experience has shown, very 

 steadily, that alfalfa, red clover, taller fescue, perhaps meadow 

 oat-grass, and Timothy are the best. So far as the matter of 

 withstanding the effects of drought is concerned, these sorts rank, 

 with us, in about the following order : alfalfa, orchard grass, red 

 clover, meadow oat-grass, Kentucky blue grass, taller fescue, and 

 Timothy. Along the eastern borders of the State, and for thirty 

 or more miles west of the Missouri line, Kentucky blue grass and 

 Timothy are standard grasses which uniformly produce bounti- 

 ful crops of hay and pasture, while in our experience in the 

 central part of the State these grasses have uniformly failed." 



Prof. I. P. Roberts, of New York, says : " We have tried in a 

 small way many of the grasses and clovers in past years, and as 

 yet we find nothing that gives as good satisfaction as medium 

 red clover and Timothy. The seed dealers may 'boom* the tall, 

 coarse, reedy grasses or the tender, dwarf, creeping varieties, 

 nevertheless, in New York, clover and Timothy have come to 

 stay." 



Grasses for the South. In man} portions of the southern 

 States, the people are still ignorant of the best grasses. They 

 have long been wedded to cotton and have learned to believe that 

 grasses and clovers will not thrive in their country. 



In numerous places it has already been proved that many 

 grasses and clovers grow well and produce abundantly. 



The South possesses great advantages over the North in raising 



