SOUTHERN GRASSES 



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soils it also grows large enough to cut for hay, and under 

 favorable conditions two cuttings may be obtained. 



In the North rescue-grass survives the winter at Arling- 

 ton Farm, Virginia, 

 and in the grass gar- 

 den survives 4 or 5 

 years, but it cannot 

 compete with the bet- 

 ter northern grasses 

 in yield. 



In Australia rescue- 

 grass has become quite 

 important and practi- 

 cally all of the com- 

 mercial seed is grown 

 there. The seeding 

 habits are excellent 

 and the seed moder- 

 ate in price. 



R e s c u e-g r a s s is 

 probably deserving of 

 more attention in the 

 South than it has re- 

 ceived, especially for 

 winter pasturage on 

 good land. It should 

 be sown in early fall, 

 and may often be 

 pastured by December but usually not till February. 

 The seeding rate generally recommended is 30 to 40 

 pounds per acre. It is always a desirable constituent of 

 mixed pastures with such winter-growing plants as bur 

 clover, vetches, orchard-grass and Italian rye-grass. 



FIG. 28. Rescue-grass (Bromus uni- 

 oloides). a, glumes; b, lemma; c, palea. 



