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growing plant that may be grown with Bermuda grass, 
so as to furnish pasture the year around, but without 
much show of success. Hairy vetch, if carefully han- 
dled, has some value for this purpose, but if eaten too 
close in spring it fails to reseed itself and thus disap- 
pears. On the other hand, if allowed to grow too rank 
in spring, it kills out the grass and makes the pasture 
patchy. Burclover has been recommended for this 
purpose, but the same objections hold in this case as 
those just stated for hairy vetch. It is also not readily 
eaten by stock. Texas blue-grass has also been tried 
as a winter companion for Bermuda grass, but not on 
a scale sufficient to give positive results. A few farm- 
ers report favorable results with it. By plowing Ber- 
muda sod in autumn it is probable that a crop of fall- 
sown oats could be grown for hay and leave good 
pasture the next summer, though this suggestion rests 
rather on theory than on experience. 
JOHNSON GRASS (Sorghum halapense) 
In South Carolina this grass (Fig. 27) is generally 
known as Means grass, while it is frequently but er- 
roneously called ‘‘ Guinea grass’’ in Alabama and other 
sections of the South. It is unquestionably the worst 
weed in the South. At the same time, it yields two to 
three crops of good hay a year. ‘Those who are not 
acquainted with Johnson grass are often inclined to 
think that a weed that yields such crops of good feed 
is a good one to have on a farm, and this would, in 
fact, be the casé if only the one crop were desired. 
There are, however, very few farmers who want to 
grow nothing else. Those whose farms are free from 
