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 E. W. Jones, Buena Vista, Miss. : 



Bermuda lias been a great terror to planters until recently. If plowed shallow late 

 in the fall, and allowed to freeze during winter, there is no trouble to cultivate a crop 

 the next season. The ground becomes perfectly mellow, and though the grass is not 

 dead, it does but little injury to the crop. 



Dr. B. H. Brodnax, Brodnax, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana: 



There are no cultivated grasses in this parish. Bermuda, which was a " fashionable 

 craze " thirty years ago, has ruined several of the finest and largest plantations in 

 the parish, rendering them unfit for cultivation. This is the only attempt at the 

 cultivation of grasses here that I know of. 



G. A. Frierson, Frierson's Mill, De Soto Parish, Louisiana : 



In my opinion this is the most valuable grass in the world, either for rjasture or 

 meadow, and the Southern stock-raiser has little need of any other if he understands 

 how to use this. 



S. W. Sylvester, Washington, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana : 



Bermuda Grass is largely cultivated here. It is scarcely affected by a drought of 

 three weeks, and anything less than that does not affect it at all. It will grow on 

 any soil, but is best suited to sandy loam. 



I have a pasture of 8 acres on clay soil, two-thirds of which is set in Bermuda, and 

 from March to December I keep upon it from 10 to 12 calves, 7 to 10 hogs, several 

 ponies, and now and then from 3 to 5 steers and heifers in addition. It is the best 

 pasture plant I know of. Land set in Bermuda for pasture should be thoroughly 

 plowed, harrowed, and rolled once in five years. An ordinary yield of hay is 1£ f° n s 

 per acre in a season. Bermuda is very difficult to subdue, but can be destroyed by 

 close cultivation during several years. 



E. Taylor, Pope's Ferry, Ga. : 



Nothing kills it except severe freezing. It is the best of all grasses, and thrives on 

 any soil, but best on clay. It furnishes good pasture from May until the middle of 

 November. For winter grazing Bur Clover is taking its place. The yield of hay is 

 about 2 tons per acre. It will reclaim the poorest lands, and is not very difficult to 

 subdue. It ripens seeds in this State sparingly. 



B. J. Bedding, Atlauta, Ga. : 



Introduced here from Bermuda more than fifty years ago. Many fields in Middle 

 Georgia are overrun with it. It was long considered a troublesome grass, because of 

 its spreading propensity and the difficulty of eradicating it ; but farmers are now 

 paarning to appreciate its value. It will root out most other grasses (not Japan clover, 

 however). It is the best summer grass we have; is half hardy against cold, but makes 

 no growth in winter, the surface and underground stems remaining ali^e and putting 

 out in March. It is liable to be killed out in the extreme northern part of Georgia by 

 very hard freezes. It never produces seed in this State, or only occasionally a head, 

 but does well from imported seed. 



J. B. Wade, Eclgewood, Be Kalb County, Northern Georgia : 



This is about the most northern limit at which Bermuda Grass grows in this State. 

 It "is beginning to be highly appreciated both for grazing and for hay. It stands 

 drought well, keeping green from May until November. It makes good hay, and can 

 be cut two or three times a year, producing on an average 2^ tons of hay per acre. 

 While this is the most northern limit of Bermuda Grass, it is also the most southern 

 limit of Blue Grass. The two growiug together on the same land j'roduce a most per- 

 fect pasture, as the Blue Grass is green nearly all the fall, winter, and spring months, 

 while during the heat of summer, which prevents the growth of the Blue Grass, the 

 Bermuda flourishes. The two together in good strong soil make a perfect pasture, 

 good all the year round. 



