NATIV?: PASTURES. 



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very unfavorably. But, sliort and brown as thev are, they are I 

 no doubt tlje richest in the world." 



Some of the leading grasses M'hich form tJie native pastures 

 of Texas are: Gania— grass, (^Tripsacuvi), Paninim oinja- 

 lum, a kind of Panic grass, Indian ^rass, C/iri/sujwi/on nutans^ 

 Amlrojwyoii scoparius and .1. j)rorinri(f/i,s. The last two are 

 known as blue-stems, and the latter as broom grass, or broom- 

 sedge. Tricni^pix {Triadut) srxlrroideH, fall red-top, is j)rominent 

 in jilaees. A vast numl)er of smaller species help make up the 

 ])astures, but they are less widely diffused or less i)rominent than 

 those named above. 



In the Iveport of the I^epartme.it of Agriculture for 1870, J. 

 K. Dodge states: '• Tlic relative value of these species as forage 

 grasses differs verv widelv, a few of them being entirelv worth- 

 less. The largest numI)or of the species could be dispensed with 

 without manifest disadvantage to the grazing interests of the 

 country. The relative value of the twelve most important species 

 is exhibited in the following table of per centum estimates, one 

 hundred representing the aggregate value of the twelve: 



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Andrnpof^on (furratns) provineialis 



Aiitlropof^on scoparius 



Chrysopoj^on (Sorgliuin) nutans... 



Sporoljolus lu'torolepis 



Bnchloe dactyloidos 



Boiiteloua oliKostachya 



Sjmrtiua cynosuroides 



Festuca oviiia 



Festiica uiacrostacliya 



Bronuis Kahuii .* 



Poa siTotiuu 



Stii)a viridula. _ 



