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weather and produces a somewhat better quality of hay. It is very 

 drought-resistant and adapted to the same general region as the 

 millets and sorghum, and will also probably find a very extensive 

 culture throughout the Southern States. Soudan grass is two or 

 three weeks earlier in maturing than the sorghums and therefore can 

 be cultivated much farther north, but it is not as early as some 

 varieties of fox-tail millet. It has the quality of springing up quickly 

 from the roots when cut, and will produce from two to three cuttings 

 in the southern States. For hay purposes it may be broadcasted or 

 drilled at the rate of thirty pounds per acre, or half this amount, if 

 grown principally for the seed. Soudan grass may also be cultivated 

 in rows, spacing the rows twenty-five or thirty inches apart and giving 

 clean culture. Only three to five pounds per acre of seed are required 

 for planting in rows. Soudan grass produces seed in abundance, 

 and, it is believed, will soon occupy an important place as a forage 

 crop. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Give the origin of brome-grass. 



2. Where is it cultivated in the United States? 



3. Describe brome-grass as to life period, root system and climatic adapta- 



tions. 



4. What do you consider its most valuable qualities? 



5. What is meant by "sod bound"? 

 (>. How is this difficulty overcome? 



7. Is seed cheap and easy to grow? 



8. Where is tall meadow oat-grass grown? 



9. To what other grass is it similar? 



10. Describe its characteristics. 



11. Wliat amount of seed is used per acre? 



12. Relate the origin and history of meadow fescue. 



13. Compare it with timothy as a forage crop. 



14. Where is it grown? 



15. State amount of seed sown per acre. 



10. Name the characteristics of meadow fescue. 



17. Name and compare the two principal rye-grasses. 



18. How long has perennial rye-grass been grown? 



19. Describe its climatic adaptations. Soil adaptations. 



20. What quantity of seed is sown per acre? 



21. How important is Italian rye-grass? 



22. Describe it as to length of life, cold resistance, vigor of growth. 



23. Is seed expensive or cheap? 



24. Explain the principal uses for rye-grass. 



25. Give the origin and introduction of Bermuda grass. 



26. Name region where best adapted. 



27. Describe Bermuda grass as to its root system, persistence, height and 



other important characters. 



28. State its natural range northward. 



29. Adaptation to sun and shade. Adaptation to soil. 



