Contents vii 



CHAPTER VII 



Pages 



Other Important Forage Grasses 77-91 



Redtop, 77 — Orchard grass, 80 — Meadow 

 fescue, 83 — Johnson grass, 85 — Brome grass, 

 89. 



CHAPTER VIII 



Grasses of Minor Importance 92-118 



Rhode Island bent and carpet bent, 92 — 

 Rye grasses, 95 — Tall oat grass, 99 — Canada 

 bluegrass, 100 — Sweet vernal grass, 102 — 

 Velvet grass, 103 — St. Augustine grass, 104 

 — Carpet grass, 105 — Rescue grass, 107 — ■ 

 Guinea grass, 107 — Para grass, 107 — The 

 fescue grasses, 109 — Rhodes grass, ill — 

 Natal grass, 112 — Slender wheat grass,. 11 3 

 — A few other grasses, 114. 



CHAPTER IX 



Annual Forage Crops 1 19-134 



Common millet, 119 — Proso millet, 122 — 

 Japanese barnyard millet, 124 — Pearl millet, 

 126 — The sorghums, 126 — ^Sudan grass, 130 

 — Teosinte, 131 — Corn, 132 — The small 

 grains, 133 — Chess or cheat, 133. 



CHAPTER X 



Native Forage Grasses 135-151 



Plains, 136 — Valleys, 139 — ^Deserts, 142 — 

 Humid forests, 144 — Mountain meadows. 



