FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 85 
a great variety of 
soils. On sandy, 
or gravelly soils, it 
succeeds admirab- 
ly, growing two or 
three feet high. On 
rich, dry upland it 
erows from five to 
seven feet high. It 
has an abundance 
of perennial, long 
fibrous roots, pene- 
trating deeply in 
the soil, being, 
therefore, less af- 
fected by drought 
or ,cold, and en- 
abled to yield a 
large quantity of 
foliage, winter and 
summer. These 
advantages render 
it one of the very 
best grasses for the 
South, both for 
grazing (being ever- 
ereen) and for hay, 
admitting of being cut twice a year. lt is 
probably the best winter grass that can be 
obtained. 
Tt will make twice as much hay as Timothy, 
and containing a greater quantity of albumi- 
noids and less of heat-producing principles, it 
is better adapted to the uses of the Southern 
Tall Meadow Oat Grass. 
| mowing. 
'the instant it blooms, and: after being cut, 
farmer, while it exhausts the surface soil less, 
and may be grazed indefinitely, except after 
To make good hay it must be cut 
must not get wet by dew or rain, which 
damages it greatly in quality and appearance. 
For green soiling, it may be cut four or five 
times with favorable seasons. In from six to 
ten days after blooming, the seeds begin to 
ripen and fall, the upper ones first. It is, 
therefore, a little troublesome to save the 
seed. As soon as those at the top of the 
pinacle ripen sufficiently to begin to drop, 
the heads should be cut off and dried, when 
the seeds will all thresh out readily and be 
matured. After the seeds are ripe and taken 
off, the long abundant leaves and stems are 
still green, and being mowed make good hay. 
It may be sown in March or April, and 
mowed the same season; but for heavier yield, 
it is better to sow 4a September or October. 
Along the more southern belt, from the 31 ° 
parallel southward, it may be sown in 
November and onward till the middle of 
December. Whenever sown it is one of the 
most certain grasses to have a good catch. 
Not less than two bushels (28 pounds) per 
acre should be sown. Like Timothy, on in- 
hospitable soils, the root may sometime be- 
come bulbous. The average annual nutrition 
yielded by this grass in the Southern belt is 
probably twice as great as in Pennsylvania 
and other Northern States. 
BERMUDA CRASS. 
(Cynodon Dactylon. ) 
Almost everybody living in this section of 
the country knows this grass; itis planted as 
a Lawn grass, and nothing will stand the sun 
better, or will make a prettier carpet, when 
kept short, than this grass. It is also very 
valuable as a pasture and hay erass. It is 
only lately that I have been able to obtain the 
RESCUE CRASS. 
( Ceratochloa australis or Bromus Schraderii. ) 
It is an annual winter grass. 
growth. 
and furnish frequent cuttings till April. 
very rapid. Itis tender, very sweet, and stock 
It makes also a good hay. 
of leaves. 
It varies in the time of starting 
I have seen it ready for mowing the first of October 
Again, it may not start 
before January, nor be ready to cut till February. This depends 
upon the moisture and depression of temperature. 
started, its growth, after the successive cuttings or grazings, is 
eat it greedily. 
It produces an immense quantity 
On loose soil some of it may be pulled out by 
seed of this grass, which heretofore had to be 
propagated by the roots. Six pounds will sow 
an acre. Should be planted in Spring, but 
can also be sown later. Under the most favor- 
able circumstances it takes from 20 to 25 days 
to sprout; requires damp weather and hot sun; 
but when once up it grows very rapidly. 
When once 
animals grazing it., I have seen it bloom as early as November 
when the season had favored it, and no grazing or cutting were 
permitted. Oftener it makes:little start before January. But 
whether late or early starting, it may be grazed or mowed fre- 
quently, until April, it still will mature seed. It has become 
naturalized-in limited portions of ‘Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Alabama and ‘perhaps Other States. It is a very pretty grass in 
all its stages; and especially so when the culms, two or three 
Rescue Grass. 
