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well liked by hogs after they have become accustomed to them, and by 

 keeping hogs closely confined upon it it may be eradicated. Another 

 method of eradication which is recommended is to plow in the fall, so 

 as to expose it to the action of frost. In the South, where this grass 

 is most largely grown, this is only partially successful. 

 J. N. Eune, Duifau Wells, Erath County, Northern Texas: 

 Johnson Grass is the only cultivated grass that has been tried in this locality, but 

 it spreads so rapidly, and is so difficult to subdue, that farmers are afraid of it. It 

 can be kept from spreading by not letting it go to seed. It does not make choice 

 fodder for cattle, but is excellent pasture for hogs iu the winter. They work on the 

 roots, wich are large and very numerous, and do not seem to hurt the yield for the 

 next year. 



G. W. Jenks, Stephenville, Erath County, Texas : 



Johnson Grass is susceptible to cold, hence is not an early grass, but when it does 

 come it grows A r ery fast. The roots are valuable for hogs, and they can be plowed 

 up and saved for cow feed without injuring the stand for the following year. Stock, 

 raisers speak in high terms of it. It will no doubt prove a valuable grass for the 

 ranches in Northwest Texas, as the yield is immense, and it stands the dry summers 

 exceedingly well. 



John Vernon, Willow Hole, Madison County, Texas : 



Johnson Grass makes very good pasture, all kinds of stock eat it freely, and hogs 

 will eat the root to some extent. It makes very poor hay, and must be plowed and 

 well harrowed every year even to make good pasture. It will grow and make seed 

 without plowing, but the growth will be short after the second year. The plant, how- 

 ever, is a great curse anywhere near cultivated land, say within half a mile. The 

 seed gets scattered somehow, and it is impossible to subdue it on cultivated land, at 

 least in the South. I have been told that to plow it iu the winter and let the roots 

 freeze will kill it, but not such freezes as we have here. I have tried it, and the 

 freezes only kill the few roots which lie on top of the ground. 



John A. Hill, Whitehouse, Tex. : 



We need something that will stand a long dry hot summer. Johnson Grass will do 

 this, but it is too hard to subdue. A great many ranchmen and farmers are experi- 

 menting largely with it ; some praise it highly, others are not well pleased with it. 



J. C. Vaughn, Paraje, N. Mex. : 



It does well, and I think after the second year will make better pasture than Alfalfa, 

 and need but little, if any, irrigation. Nothing but a perennial is of any use in this 

 country, on account of our dry winters and springs. Bermuda, Timothy, and Redtoj) 

 have failed with me. 



Other reports from New Mexico are less favorable. In a portion of 

 the Territory it is liable to winter kill. 

 S. B. Parish, San Bernardino, Cal. : 



It has been largely experimented on here under the name of Evergreen Millet, but 

 I know of no one who continues to use it. I have seen it flourishing on the sandy 

 banks of streams where it had escaped from cultivation. 



W. A. Sanders, Sanders, Fresno County, California : 

 The Sorghum lialepense fails in furnishing winter feed. There is also a more serious 

 objection. It roots deep into the subsoil, and where that is at all alkaline it grows 

 enormously, but at the same time absorbs so much of the unpalatable alkali that 

 stock will not eat it. It is excellent for dry hills free from alkali. 

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