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better; press in firmly. As the plants grow large enough, 

 draw them and transplant where you wish tke grass to 

 remain, say in checks two feet square. It spreads rap- 

 idly, hence will soon cover the ground. Sets should be 

 transplanted from September to January, in hills two to 

 three feet square. Pasture it or cut for hay as soon as 

 the bloom appears. No degree of cold appears to injure 

 it at all. Sow twenty pounds of seed per acre. 



GRASS. (Sorghum Halepense.) Some ad- 

 vise the sowing of this grass in August and September, 

 but spring is beyond doubt the best time. Sow twenty-five 

 pounds per acre, during March, April or May, broadcast; 

 cover with the harrow or brush. It will grow on any 

 kind of soil, and it will never forsake you. Cut for hay 

 as soon as the seed heads appear ; very nutritious, peren- 

 nial rooted. When once established there is no way to 

 get rid of it, but to pasture closely. Grows three to six 

 feet high. 



BERMUDA G~RASS.~(Cynodon Dactylon.) Seeds are 

 very rarely to be found so far, and very difficult to procure. 

 "When they can be obtained, sow two to four pounds per 

 acre broadcast in May or June. Brush in lightly. The. 

 roots are safest to propagate from, and can always be ob- 

 tained. This grass spreads rapidly, hence it may be 

 planted any distance apart that one may see proper. If 

 roots are plentiful they may be scattered broadcast and 

 plowed in lightly, or the land may be checked off, say in 

 squares of three to four feet, and a root set in each check, 

 It will soon take possession of the ground, and comes to 

 stay. Set the plants or roots at almost any season of the 

 year when the weather is not freezing or too dry. The 

 spring and early summer months are preferable. It dies 

 down in the winter, but comes again in early spring and 

 laughs at a drouth. I think I can safely say that ten 

 acres of Bermuda is of more value for summer pasturage 



