CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PERENNIAL FORAGE GRASSES 



I. Characters and Habits 



PAGE 



Designation .... l 



Relationships i 



Duration . . .... 3 



Common characters, p. 6; Growing point of leaf, p. 6; 

 Variations, p. 8; Healthfulness, p. 10; Palatability, 

 p. 10; Prolificacy, p. 12: Number of plants per acre, 

 p. 12, 

 Composition .... . 13 



Digestibility 15 



II. Seeds and Mixtures 



Quality of Seed . 15 



Weight per bushel, p. 17; Impurities, p. 17; Sampling 

 seeds, p. 19; Seed identification, p. 20; Germination 

 of seeds, p. 20. 



Grass Mixtures '. . .21 



Calculating mixtures, p. 22. 



Pasture Grasses ... . 2 3 



Native grasses, p. 24; Influence of species of plants 



on value of pasture, p. 25. 

 Collateral Reading . . 26 



CHAPTER II 



PERENNIAL FORAGE GRASSES 



I. Cultural Methods 



Nurse Crop . ... 27 



Method of Seeding . .28 



Time of seeding, p. 28; Depth of seeding, p. 29; Rota- 

 tions, p. 29. 



