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Bermuda Grass For Terrace Outlets. 
TEX. 50249 
Valuable for erosion control and forage production, Bermuda grass is widely 
used in terrace outlets and in meadow and pasture drainageways. Individual 
terrace outleis should be solid-sodded. 
Bermuda grass is easily and quickly established. In developing a grassed 
drainageway, the land may be prepared and sodded in one operation. Afterthe 
area has been cleared and small gullies plowed in, the land may be flat-broken. 
Chunks of Bermuda grass sod are dropped 3 feet apart in each furrow and are 
covered as the next furrcw is opened. Or the sod may be dropped at intervals of 3 
feet in furrows 3 feet apart. 
Cultivation and fertilization the first year with either animal manures or with a 
complete chemical fertilizer are essential to the quick, vigorous growth of newly 
planted Bermuda grass. Weeds must be controlled. Mowing or light disking will 
do this job. 
A drainageway sodded in the early spring usually is ready to receive terrace 
water the next fall or winter. 
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