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ANDROPOGON. —Several species of Andropogon, or broom sedge, of Aes A. Virgin- 
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flourish in very poor soils. g, while tender and juicy, dus afford a fair 
amount of nutritious grazing ey mature they become dry and hard. 
At Tallahassee, Fla., they are considered by some as almost, if not quite, the 
ln valuable pasture grasses of Leon County. 
ANTH.ENANTIA VILLOSA.—This grass is frequent in dry, sterile pine barrens around 
on aces i Fla., but never grows in great quantity. Otherwise it might be 
of some value, as the tufts of rather broad, tender root leaves should afford bet- 
ter grazing than most grasses of the pine barrens. 
A STRICTA, the wire grass” which covers large tracts of the pine barrens 
in the South Tex and Gulf States, is said to constitute a large part of the 
pasturage of the “barrens.” It must be eaten when very young, for in July, 
. though still . it was quite dry and hard, with rigid, wiry leaves. I 
: have never seen the eim cropped where cattle were grazing. 
- BARN GRASS, | 
| BARNYARD GRASS. (See Paria crus-ati) 
 BEGGAR WEED. (See roce ortuosum.) 
Bunuupa GRASS (Cynodon Hoo Perhaps no one plant represents more of 
. value to the South than does * Bermuda;" certainly no other forage eid is 
news preci recious to that sectio Whether for hay or for pasturage, it is ev 
e most nutritious gr. hat can bá sue- 
While it requires. a fertile soil for its 
Bore a common ie of 
SES ae 
States, 
some development, it will grow on ie thinnest soil, be 
