130 GRASSES AND HOW TO GROW THEM. 



two crops of corn or one of corn and one of cotton, to 

 which thorough cultivation is given. 2. Sow oats and 

 sand vetches together, or clover, in the autumn, and cut 

 the same for hay. Follow with cow peas for hay and 

 then grow two cultivated crops successively on the land. 

 3. Plough shallow in June, turning the furrows edge- 

 wise rather than over. Later with a rotary or some 

 other harrow, free the roots as far as practicable from 

 the earth. Sow cow peas. Follow with oats and vetches, 

 cow peas again, and then corn or cotton. 4. In small 

 areas swine will virtually dig out this grass. 



Some persons claim that hecause of the difficulty 

 found in eradicating this grass, it should never be sown 

 on land that is to he again cultivated. The author does 

 not sympathize with that view, as, unlike Johnson grass, 

 it can be eradicated without great cost. But the indo- 

 lent farmer should never allow it to come into his 

 cultivated ground. 



