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demonstration purposes may be obtained from the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. Each student should participate as far as possible in the 

 work. 



Note. — This exercise may be preceded with profit by a comparative study of 

 the nodules on the various kinds of legumes found in the neighborhood of the 

 school. 

 Lessons 48 and 49. — The Grasses. 



Bermuda, Johnson, Sudan, Rhodes, timothy, redtop, Kentucky 

 bluegrass, orchard grass, the brome grasses, fescues, and any other 

 grasses of local importance. 

 Special references. — 



Notes on Grasses and Forage Plants of Southeastern States, Agros- 

 tology Bulletin 1. 

 Economic Grasses, Agrostology Bulletin 14. 



Some New Grasses for the South, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture Yearbook, 1912. 

 The following Farmers' Bulletins : 361, Meadow Fescue : Its Culture 

 and Uses ; 402, Canada Bluegrass : Its Culture and Uses ; 605, 

 Sudan Grasses as a Forage Crop. 



Exercise 2,'2).—C ollection and Study of Grasses. 



Purpose: To familiarize students with varieties of grasses best 

 suited to local conditions. 



Directions: Each student should collect and describe two grasses 

 of local importance in addition to the following 10 varieties: Ber- 

 muda, Johnson, Sudan, Rhodes, timothy, redtop, Kentucky bluegrass, 

 orchard grass, smooth brome-grass, and meadow fescue. Whenever 

 possible, a sample of seed should accompany the sample of dried grass. 



Record and report: The following outline from A Laboratory 

 Manual of Cereals and Forage Crops, by Livingston and Stemple, 

 may be followed in writing the descriptions of the grasses : 



Field study of perennial grasses. 



(Adapted for last of May or first of June.) 



Common name 



Scientific name .- 



Place mostly grown 



Thriftiness : Vigorous, medium, weak 



Habit of growth : 



Stooling: Very stoloniferous, medium, not 



Diameter of plants (average of 10 plants) 



Number of plants per square foot for full stand 



Roots : 



Color : White, brown, red 



Depth: Deep or shallow — medium 



