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is killed by too close cropping. In the Middle South 

 a good meadow of the ordinary grasses, such as tim- 

 othy, orchard-grass, fescue, and redtop, should never 

 be pastured at all, and a Bermuda-grass meadow must 

 not be pastured late in the fall. If it is, it is liable to 

 freeze out. Johnson grass will not stand pasturing to 

 any extent. If pastured at all closely it becomes 

 patchy. 



