I go FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 



abundance of feed on medium to moist soils. The 

 stems grow two and one-half to three feet high, but 

 are not leafy enough to produce much hay. It is de- 

 cidedly bunchy in haliit, each clump producing a great 

 mass of succulent root leaves which are greedily eaten 

 by all classes of stock. Prof. S. M. Tracy, for many 



FIG. 41 — PLAT OF UI.rESTKM IN THE GRASS- G.\RlJF.\ AT 

 WASinNGTi>N', D. C. 



years direcftor of the Mississippi Experiment Station, 

 regards this as one of the valuable pasture-grasses of 

 the South. Its seed has recently been made availaljle 

 in the markets. 



Guinea-grass {Panicion maximum) and Para 

 grass {Panicum iiio/lc) are two grasses that have at- 

 tracted consideral)le attention in southern Florida in 

 recent years. They are the standard grasses of the 

 \^'est Indies, where the green forage, particularly from 

 guinea-grass, furnishes most of the roughage fed in 



