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CBAB OR CROP GRASS.— (Pamcum SanffuincUe.) 



This grass must not be confounded with the Eleusine 

 Indica, also called crab grass, from its supposed resem- 

 blance to crab. 



This species is so familiar to every Southern farmer, that 

 it would seem to be superfluous to notice it. Bat as little 

 as it may appear, it is one of our most valuable indigenous 

 grasses. 



Crab grass is an annual, and so full of seed is it, that it 

 is never necessary to sow it. It is never cultivated alone, 

 which could be easily done by sowing the seed on a smooth 

 surface about the first of June. When the cultivation of a 

 piece of ground ceases, it at once takes possession of it, and 

 soon furnishes a fine pasture. It grows not only in the cul- 

 tivated fields, but in old pastures, yards and woods. 



It is a fine pasture grass, although it has but few base 

 leaves, and forms no sward, yet it sends out numerous stems, 

 branching freely at the base. It serves a most useful pur- 

 pose in stock husbandry. It fills all our cornfields, and 

 many persons pull it out for hay. It makes a sweet food, 

 and horses are exceedingly fond of it, leaving the best bay 

 to eat it. Should it be desired to secure a good crop of it, 

 do not pasture the wheat or oat stubble, except with hogs, 

 until the crab grass gets a good start, then take off the hogs, 

 and allow it to get into bloom, and if the land is good, there 

 will be a paying quantity to save. It should be sedulously 

 guarded from rain. 



MILLET.— (Panicum MUiaceum.) 



There are a great many varieties of this important grass, 

 and almost every year adds to the list of them. The pre- 

 ference for any variety is arbitrary, yet there are many 

 advantages belonging to all. But so far as the planter is 



