398 MEADOWS AND PASTURES 



Texas bluegrass (Poa arichnifera) is another grass well adapted 

 to this section. The sod should be planted in October or Novem- 

 ber or March or April. Plant the same as Bermuda. The rotations 

 should be the same as Bermuda. It should be fertilized about the 

 same as Bermuda except it is well to use nitrate of soda, about 50 

 pounds per acre at the time of putting out the sod. It should be 

 cut for hay when in full bloom. It does not make a very good hay 

 and should be used entirely for pasturing. The rootstock is peren- 

 nial; the stem is annual. Its weed enemies are broom sedge, Ber- 

 muda, burdock and sour dock. It is a heavy feeder on nitrogen. 

 The source of seed should be southern Texas. It is best adapted 

 to a clayey soil or sandy loam with clay subsoil. 



Bur clover is perhaps one of the best clovers for this country. 

 While it does not afford very good grazing, it is one of our greatest 

 soil-improvers. This year I obtained 50 bushels of seed from one- 

 third of an acre. The seed was harvested the middle of June. I 

 have now growing on the patch, corn, cowpeas, German millet and 

 sorghum and these crops are as fine as I ever saw on the rich soils 

 of Kentucky. 



Crimson clover is also a splendid clover. It makes good hay and 

 puts the soil in good shape. Japan clover or lespedeza is a splendid 

 pasture clover. Red clover can be grown with us after the land has 

 been made rich. White clover is a very good plant for our pastures. 

 It does well in a pasture of Texas bluegrass. Orchard grass prob- 

 ably comes next to Texas bluegrass. We get from \ l /2 to 2 tons 

 of hay on our soils that have been improved. Redtop also does well, 

 and Johnson grass, while it is a pest in our cornfields, is a splendid 

 meadow grass. We get from 2 to 3 tons per acre, and sometimes 

 as much as 4 tons on our rich bottom lands. I would place the 

 legumes in this order: Cowpeas, soybeans, Russian vetch, Florida 

 beggarweed, bur clover, and crimson clover. 



NORTH CAROLINA. Prof. B. W. Kilgore of the North Carolina 

 Department of Agriculture, Raleigh: The best grass for pasture in 

 the eastern two-thirds of the state is unquestionably Bermuda. We 

 can hardly say there is a second-best, though Japan clover or les- 

 pedeza with Bermuda will likely occupy second place. On our low, 

 wet and valley lands which furnish most of the pasturage for the 

 eastern two-thirds of the state, there are a number of native grasses 

 which give good pasturage. For the western third of the state 



