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drills and cut and fed green as a soiling plant or cured for hay. They are very 
greedily eaten by stock of all kinds, ar nearly all who have tried growing them 
for forage are well pleased with the results obtained. The Early Amber v arieties 
seem to be the favorites in this Fen, 5 the one known as Minnesota 
Early Amber 
Southern Poverty-grass (Sporobolus vagina florus). 
This species is very common in eastern and southern South Dakota in dry soil along 
railroad grades waste places, and neglected fields. Though € Im by 
stock, it affords nun little 3 and has practically no agricultural va 
Southern "per pu (Eragrostis purshii). 
More or less common in dry soil, in waste plae 
and along railroad grades. Of little vale 
tó: 
Spartina cynosuroides. (See Cord-grass.) 
Spartina gracilis. (See Slender Cord-grass.) 
Spiked Muhlenberg's-grass. (See Muhlenbergia 
racemosa.) 
Spike-rush (Eleocharis spp.). 
These little rushes often furnish a considerable 
res 
compare b in feeding Noc with the 
grasses growing in similar plac 
Sporobolus airoides. 
Common in saline soils in the Bad Land regions, 
where it affords more or less forage and is 
quite highly prized by stockmen 
Sporobolus asperifolius. (See Fine-topped Salt- 
grass.) 
Sporobolus brevifolius. 
A grass of little agricultural value, growing in 
rather dry soils. It is often called “ prairie- 
grass" and“ wire-grass.” 
Fic. 9.—Squirrel-tail-grass (Hordeum 
jubatum). 
Sporobolus cryptandrus. 
More or less widely distributed throughout the Northwest in dry sandy soils. It is 
of little importance except perhaps in the Bad Lands, where it is often very 
abundant and is said to be ““readily eaten by range cattle.” 
Sporobolus heterolepis. (See Wire-grass.) 
Sporobolus longifolius. (See Long-leafed Prairie-grass.) 
Sporobolus vaginzflorus. (See Southern Poverty-grass.) 
Squirrel-tail ( Hordeum jubatum). 
This grass has become very abundant throughout nearly all parts of the North west. 
later becom: The rough “bi rk into the mouths of 
stock, especially horses, and cause ulcerated sores. Not unfrequentl y the animal 
becomes almost unable to eat, an 1 tly relieved ma 
injured. The “beards” are also a source of a oyanee to anyone walking 
ae aye a field containing the pest, as they work into ie clothing and ean only 
: oe with difficulty (fig. 9). 
