BERMUDA-GRASS 333 
For use as hay, the crop should be harvested 
when a large proportion of the stems are in 
bloom. The number of cuttings in a season must 
depend on soil and season, ranging from one to 
four per year, with a total yield of one to three 
tons per acre. 
The following reports! from the states indicated 
show that Bermuda-grass is highly regarded and 
likely to prove one of the most valuable forage 
crops: 
*Alabama.— This grass will grow under the 
most flagrant neglect; while care and cultivation 
will bring out its characteristics to a marked de- 
gree, and will repay the cultivator for all his ex- 
pense and trouble. It is an excellent grass to 
prevent the washing of the land, for filling up 
gullies and preserving terraces. It makes one of 
the best lawns on account of its smooth and regu- 
lar growth, and its power to withstand the heat of 
the sun. The Bermuda-grass is not so difficult to 
eradicate from the field as most farmers seem to 
think. Close cultivation in cotton for two or three 
years, and thorough pulverization of the soil will 
destroy this plant. 
* Arkansas.—Bermuda-grass is the best summer 
pasture grass we have for the sandy soils of south 
Arkansas, and is one of the best hay grasses for 
all parts of the state, except the northwestern 
' Bulletin No. 55, Oklahoma Experiment Station, 
