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out in a barn or on a clean spot, separated from the chaff with an 

 ordinary wheat fan. 



This grass is of great value to the renter who has no opportunity 

 of continuing in possession of the land long enough to set a meadow. 

 A crop of millet is a good forerunner for a meadow, as it destroys 

 all the noxious weeds, and leaves the land in a fine condition for 

 timothy or Herd's grass. 



QAMA GRASS (Tripsacum dactyloides.) 



This is in some sections called sesame grass. It is the largest 

 and one of the most beautiful grasses we have, growing to the 

 height of seven feet. It is abundant throughout the Mississippi 

 Valley, on moist, slushy places. When young and succulent it is 

 eaten with avidity by stock, and makes from its rapid growth, a 

 good soiling or forage crop, but when it gets large its stem is so 

 woody stock refuse to eat it. Its leaves are very large, equal in 

 size to the leaves of corn, but they are rough and hairy. 



The grass may be cut three or four times a year, and though in 

 its native state it grows in swamps, it thrives almost equally well 

 on dry or sandy ridges. It will grow where timothy or Herd's 

 grass will not, and consequently is well suited to a large section of 

 our State. The quantity of hay taken from one acre is simply enor- 

 mous, and resembles very much corn fodder, and as a hay is fully 

 equal to it, and it can be saved at one- tenth the labor required to 

 save fodder. The roots are strong and large as cane roots, so let it 

 be sown where it will not be desired to remove it. However, close 

 grazing for a few years will destroy it. 



It is very nutritious and succulent when cut green. The great 

 mass of roots it has will serve to open, loosen and improve the land 

 upon which it grows. It should never be allowed to shoot up the 

 seed stem when desired for hay. 



It is with difficulty the seed can be made to vegetate, and there- 

 fore it must be propagated by slips from the roots. Prepare the 

 land well, lay off the furrows with a bull-tongue plow two feet 

 apart, and drop a small piece of root about two feet apart in the 

 furrow, covering with a board. The creeping roots will soon meet, 



