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FARM CROPS 



not become so, although the name indicates such to 

 be the case. Wherever it has been grown it has 

 given excellent results and cows and sheep are 

 very fond of it. 



BERMUDA GRASS. A native of a warm 

 climate, Bermuda grass delights in sunshine 

 and perishes if it is with- 

 held. When frost and cool wea- 

 ther approach it wraps itself in 

 sleep until warm weather comes 

 again, but it does not object to 

 cattle feeding on its withered 

 leaves and stems during its 

 period of rest. It is hardy, and 

 grows everywhere, covering even 

 the poorest broken and rocky hill- 

 sides, or railroad banks, with its 

 mantle of green. There is a well- 

 authenticated record of 6y 2 tons 

 of Bermuda hay per acre from 

 three mowings during one sea- 

 son, on Georgia bottom-land. 

 Even the most enthusiastic be- 

 liever cannot claim so much for 

 blue grass, its rival of the cooler 

 BEGGAR WEED sect j ons> Bermuda is commonly 



With a fair stand, , M , 



from 3 to 5 tons of and easily propagated by means 

 of underground stems, although 



well. In 



secured to the acre. 



This hay is but CAAr l mav Kp nQprl 



slightly inferior to seea mav De 



[ng vamf The f blg~- growing it creeps along both 

 gar weed is a most underground and above ground, 



excellent crop to n 1 Ii 



turn under for even more rapidly than the ivy 



green manure and 

 is considered su- 

 perior for this pur- 

 pose to velvet 

 using 



climbs on stone and brick, and 

 thrives where land is hard, broken 



and ston y- Tt is the very plant 



