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We reply, Plant Bermuda grass. 



There is no other kind of grass known that Bermuda 

 will not kill out, excepting only broom-sedge, and that, we 

 confess, gets the better of the more tender Bermuda roots ; 

 but to eradicate any other objectionable tenant of the field, 

 all one has to do is to plow said field, then chop up, pretty 

 fine, sprigs of Bermuda roots and scatter them broadcast 

 over the rough ground ; then run a harrow or cultivator 

 to level it off — first one way then the other. Do this just 

 after a good soaking rain, and then you can fold your 

 hands and leave the Bermuda grass to "root out" your 

 enemy, as it will surely do in time, leaving in its place as 

 glorious a green pasture as one would need Avish to see. 



We have elsewhere alluded to the one fault that some 

 people find with Bermuda grass — that "it can not be got 

 rid of." Now, if any one is so foolish as to wish to get rid 

 of such a treasure, it can be done. There are two ways 

 of killing it; the one to plant among it, in close drills, 

 those varieties of cow-peas which make the most foliage ; 

 plow through these several times during the season, so as 

 to tear up the grass and throw its roots under the pea-vines. 

 All grasses love sunshine, and none more than Bermuda ; 

 cast into the shade for any protracted length of time it 

 will languish and die. Plowing it in September, and run- 

 ning a harrow or cultivator over it two or three times dur- 

 ing the winter mouths, will also destroy it. But when we 

 hear any one talking about getting rid of Bermuda grass, 

 be it where it may — whether in orange grove or field — we 

 always think of those significant words regarding the folly 

 of ' ' casting pearls before swine. " 



We are proud, ourself, of a beautiful lawn of Bermuda 

 in front of and on every side of our dwelling. Pleasant 

 to the eyes, pleasant to the feet, pleasant to horses to crop, 

 to the cows and calves to eat as fodder, and we do not want 



