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hum or broom corn in miniature, having the same reddish tinge, 

 but more drooping like oats, and the seed is nearly round. In 

 a favorable spot the grass will grow as thick as possible, but there 

 are seldom stalks enough to hide the leaves near the ground, where 

 they are very thick. 



To eradicate this grass, first plow it well, or if fences, trees, etc., 

 prevent that, dig it up by hand, and in either case, rake out all 

 the roots possible with potato hooks ; but you will never get them 



Johnson Grass-root System. 



all and as soon as the remaining ones send up shoots again, go 

 over it again with the tool most conveniently used, and cut off 

 every shoot below the surface, and this should be done as often 

 as they spring up until they cease to show themselves, when the 

 roots have become exhausted and died. Ordinarily the grass can 

 be killed out in a season if kept at persistently and cut off under 

 ground often enough, but in just the right kind of moist sandy 

 loam it may take longer. 



The roots are very large and vigorous, and often go very deep, 



