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Natal Grass (Pennisetum unisetum) has recently given 

 excellent yields under adverse conditions at the Dryland 

 Station, Pretoria. 



Star Grass (Cynoden plectostachymum) has been recently 

 tried in the Union, and gives promise of becoming a useful 

 pasture grass. 



The following grasses have been tried, and only in excep- 

 tional circumstances have any given satisfaction in South 

 xA^frica, viz. : — 



Rescue Grass {Bromus wildenowii) ; Red Top (Agrostis 

 alba), may do well in marshy ground; Timothy (Phleum 

 pratense) ; Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa pratensis) ; Canadian 

 Blue Grass (Poa compressa) ; Tall Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum 

 elatius) ; Bromus inermis ; Perennial Rye Grass (Lolium 

 perenne) ; Red Fescue (Fcstuca rubra) ; Meadow Foxtail 

 {Alopecurus pratensis) ; Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum 

 odoratum) ; Crested Dog's Tail (Cynosurus cristatus), and many 

 others, including most of the more common gi'asses indigenous 

 to the Union. 



In Rhodesia, Molasses Grass, a perennial, has given excel- 

 lent results as a hay grass. At present little experience has 

 been had of the plant in the Union. 



REFERENCES: 



1 " Teff Grass."— J. Burtt-Davy. 



* " Agricultural Grasses and Their Culture." — ^Union of South Africa 



Bulletin No. 5, 1918. 



* " Sudan Grass as a Forage Crop." — ^U.S.D.A. Bulletin 605. 



* " Sudan Grass." — Oklahoma Bulletin 103. 



" " Sudan Grass and Tunis Grass." — J. Burtt-Davy, S.A.S. Farm Series, 

 Bulletin 4. 



* " Forage Crops and Their Culture." — Piper, pp. 279-284. 



' " Sudan Grass."— H. A. Melle, S.A. Agric. Journal, May, 1921. 



* " Kikuyu Grass."— H. A. Melle, Dept. of Agric. Local Series 45. 



* " Kikuyu Grass." — " Farmers' Advocate," Jan., 1922. 



^^ " Phalaris Bulbosa." — J. Burtt-Davy, "The Sun and Agric. Journal of 



S.A.," March, 1920. 

 11 " Agricultural Grasses and Their Culture." — S.A. Dept. of Agric, 



Bulletin 5, 1918. 

 1^ N.S. Wales Dept. of Agric, The Farmers* Handbook, pp. 612-614. 

 1' " Star Grass."— S.A. Agric. Journal. Sept., 1921. 

 1* Rhodeeian Agric. Journal, Vol. XIII., No. 1. 



