150 FEEDING ANIMALS. 



China. Said not to flourish north of 36; but grows 

 strongly on soils supposed to be exhausted by cultivation, 

 stands the severest droughts, its long tap root reaching 

 moisture; is perennial and retains its foothold without 

 re-seeding, is much relished by stock as pasture and as hay. 

 This is also excellent for plowing under, but having less 

 nitrogen than Desmodium. 



MEXICAN CLOVER. This has been considered a trouole- 

 some plant in cultivated fields in Florida, but has lately 

 been found very valuable as a green soiling plant. It 

 grows rapidly and is very succulent and relished green by 

 all stock. It is grown by the orange planters among their 

 groves as a shade and mulch in the hot season, cut and fed 

 green to stock. It is so watery as to be difficult of curing 

 into hay. The reports are that it produces much more 

 forage than clover, growing more than four feet high and 

 thick set, and on soil too poor for clover. It appears to be 

 a very valuable plant where it succeeds, and is likely to 

 grow well along the whole seaboard of the gulf. It is a 

 native of Mexico and South America. 



SATIN GRASS (Muhleribergia glomerata). This grows in 

 wet meadows, and is also found on sandy barrens in the 

 Northern and Western States. Its analysis shows it to be 

 a valuable grass if it can be grown in respectable quantity. 

 It is reported from Colorado and Kansas as an excellent 

 grass for hay. Having a creeping root, it must produce a 

 good strong sward for pasture. It has the largest propor- 

 tion of nitrogen of any of the wild grasses analyzed. It 

 certainly merits a thorough test. Another variety of this, 

 M. Diffusa, drop-seed grass, has a reputation in Kentucky, 

 Tennessee and North Carolina as a pasture grass. 



SHRADER'S GRASS is found valuable for winter grazing. 

 It grows early and is leafy, producing much pasturage. Its 

 analysis shows it very nutritious. 



