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Bulletin 827, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Broom sedge is a coarse grass commonly considered a weed, which 

 takes possession of old fields and waste places throughout the entire 

 Piney Woods. It furnishes fairly good grazing early in spring, but 

 is not relished by cattle as it approaches maturity. 



Carpet grass (Axonopus compressus), is strictly a pasture grass, 

 growing to a height of only a few inches, and is seldom if ever cut 

 for hay. It prefers moist, sandy lands, but is not confined to low- 

 lands, as good stands are found on the rolling and hill lands. It will 

 stand closer grazing and heavier trampling than any of the other 

 pasture grasses, solid stands of it occurring only where it is closely 

 crazed. Farmers' Bulletins 1125 and 1130 treat this orass in detail. 



Pig. 6. — Native cattle grazing typical flatwoods range pasture in December. 



Lespedeza or Japan clover is well distributed throughout the Piney 

 Woods. It has shown an adaptation to cut-over lands surpassed by 

 no other pasture plant in its ability both to spread rapidly and to 

 flourish on a wide variety of soils. Detailed information regarding 

 lespedeza will be found in Farmers' Bulletins 441 and 1125. 



Sioitoh or reed cane, maiden cane, blue cane, and hop clover are of 

 minor value at p resent as forage plants. (See Farmers' Bulletin 

 1125.) 



