HAY AND PASTURE PLANTS RECOMMENDED. 39 
Burrato Grass (Bulbilis dactyloides). 
This is a low, fine-ieafed, and extensively creeping perennial, simi- 
lar in its habit of growth to Bermuda. It is found in the dry prairies 
as well as in the river bottoms as far north as Minnesota, as far 
west as South Dakota, and east and south throughout many other 
States, including Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. It is a 
very common grass throughout central Texas, where it is often mis- 
taken for grama grass. Liberally mixed with curly mesquite and 
needle grass, the combination makes an ideal pasture. It is not one 
of the richest fat-producing grasses, but being a native, peculiarly 
adapted to the conditions of soil and climate, and affording abundant 
pasturage, it is one of our most valuable species. It is in no sense a 
hay grass. It forms a beautiful, closely interwoven turf, with lateral, 
creeping root stalks which bear an abundance of leaves, but it never 
grows high enough to be cut. It can be grown readily from the seed, 
but owing to the manner in which its seeds are produced it is imprac- 
ticable to gather them in quantities. As the grass is easily propa- 
gated by dividing the turf and sowing the bits in furrows, it is not 
difficult to get a good stand of it, and, as it will survive almost any 
degree of dry weather, of trampling, and other ill usage, it is deserv- 
edlv one of the favorite grasses of the central Texas stockmen. Sev- 
eral tests were made with it on the station grounds to determine its 
true value. A few seeds were secured, and plantings were made in 
October, 1898. <A fair stand was secured, and the young grass roots 
stood the drought of 1899 well. In 1900 roots were planted and not 
only lived, but grew well and spread rapidly, soon covering compara- 
tively large spots in the grass garden and in the station pasture. 
Busuy Buus Stem (Andropogon nutans) . 
In every county of central Texas this excellent hay grass may be 
found. It is a tall, rather coarse grass, which is cured with but little 
difficulty, makes a good hay that bales well, and in that shape has good 
keeping qualities. It was tested fully in the station grass garden 
with satisfactory results. Roots dug up where they grew in rocky 
places and also in the open prairie were put in the ground in the grass 
garden, grew readily, and demonstrated the value of this grass for 
quickly covering naked spots in pastures by transplanting the roots. 
Central Texas stockmen report that they have had satisfactory experi- 
ences with the same grass in the Dakotas and in the Territories of 
Arizona and New Mexico. 
CoLorapo GRass (Panicum texanum). 
The writer has met with and has known this grass many years, first 
in the valley of the Colorado, near Austin, Tex., later in Tom Green 
County, in the valley of the Concho, and more recently in several 
