CONTENTS 



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Introduction 183 



Testing at the Experiment Station. 183 



Winter-Killed in 1912 184 



Withstands Short Cold Periods When Soil Is Moist... . 184 



Seed Saving . 185 



Yield of Hay 186 



Regions in Which to Try Rhodes Grass.... . 187 



Time of Sowing . 187 



Preparation of the Soil 188 



Kind of Soil . 188 



Character of the Grass..... . 188 



Composition of Rhodes Grass Hay... 189 



Uses for Rhodes Grass 189 



Acknowledgment .. 190 



SUMMARY 



I. Rhodes Grass is a promising pasture and hay grass for 

 Florida. 



II. It is a rapid grower and will make two or three good 

 cuttings for hay a year in Central and South Florida. 



III. The stand is likely to be injured during adverse winters 

 but its habit of producing rattoons enables it to cover 

 the ground rapidly. 



IV. Well tilled moist lands, such as flatwoods and drained 

 lands, have given the greatest yields. 



V. The greatest difficulty so far encountered has been that 

 of getting good seed. 



VI. It is apparently equal to timothy and crabgrass in feed- 

 ing value. 



