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Pearl millet or pencilaria {Pennisetum spicatum). — A coarse annual 

 forage plant, resembling 1 sorghum. Some extravagant claims have 

 been made for this plant, but though it has much to recommend it in 

 the Southern States, in Nebraska it is inferior to sorghum. At the sta- 

 tion, in 1903, it made a large growth of forage, but it was not of great 

 food value. For a full account of pearl millet the reader is referred 

 to Farmers' Bulletin No. 168, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Poa laevigata. — Three years' trials show that this grass would be 

 excellent for pasture, but does not g-row tall enough for hay. It 

 showed great drought resistance during the dry period in 1901. 



Sacaline {Polygonum saclialinense). — This plant, which resembles a 

 large smartweed, has been occasionally advertised by seedsmen, but it 

 has no value as a forage plant in Nebraska. 



Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba). — A plant belonging to the rose 

 family and used in Europe for pasture, for which purpose it has been 

 recommended in this country. The trials at the Nebraska Station show 

 that the plant gave a fair stand and is able to resist the winter, and 

 also seems fairly drought resistant. Nevertheless, its good qualities 

 are not sufficiently marked to warrant its being recommended for 

 'Nebraska. The trials at other stations have resulted much the same. 

 For ordinary pasture purposes the growth is not sufficient^ rank nor 

 is the foliage as palatable to cattle as are the grasses. It may have a 

 place as a constituent in sheep pasture upon sterile sandy or rock} T soil 

 in the Northeastern States, but in Nebraska it is not likely to be of 

 much value. 



Slough-grass (Spartina. cynosuroides). — A native grass, common in 

 sloughs and marshes, that furnishes considerable coarse hay when 

 mowed carry. The grass is commonly used for thatching sheds and 

 for topping haystacks. In the trials at the Nebraska Station the seed 

 failed to germinate. 



Giant sparry (Spergula maxima). — This annual plant has some value 

 for forage upon sandy land, but it is scarcely drought resistant enough 

 for Nebraska. 



Sporobolus cryp>tandms. — A grass especially adapted to sandy soils, 

 and one of the common native grasses of the Sand Hill region. It 

 furnishes valuable grazing when young, but becomes dry and coarse 

 by middle summer. At the Nebraska Station the seed did not germi- 

 nate. 



Saccaton (Sporobolus wrightii). — An important native forage grass 

 of the Southwest, but not hardy as far north as Nebraska. There was 

 no germination on the station plot. 



Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum). — An excellent annual clover 

 for the middle South, but not hard} r in Nebraska. 



