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ed ci^ab grass. In good high land, or where it hais 

 been manured, this grass comes up thickty without 

 being sown : and from the little trouble attending its 

 growth, and the excellence of its fodder, it is the 

 grass which is most attended to in Carolina.* 



This grass is a real blessing to the southern plant- 

 er. It uniformly appears in all well cultivated 

 grounds, which have been manured, or are rich by 

 nature. It covers the ground aft^r the crop of In- 

 dian corn has been laken off, furnishing an excellent 

 pasture for cattle. 



The quantity of this grass which good ground 

 will produce, is really astonishing. During the 

 last Winter, the author was informed by several 

 persons of the most undoubted credit in Savannah, 

 that Mr. Stephen Pearce, living between that town 

 and Augusta cut so much of this grass off one 

 acre, that, with ail the advantages of a warm sun, 

 the hay could not be made on the ground which pro- 

 duced it. 



2. Av.ma Caroliniana^ oat grass, grows in rich 

 tide lands. When cut green, it makes an excellent 

 fodder for horses. 



3. Cane. ( Arundo gigantca et tccta ). Grows 

 in low grounds and river swamps, and, when young, 

 furnishes the most acceptable and nourishing food to 

 cattle. Their leaves continue throughout the Win- 

 ter. 



4. Water oats. (Zizania aqiiatica ). Grows on 

 the borders of fresh watei^ rivers, where tides flow, 

 and makes an excellent fodder when cut green, 



'< ♦ Drayton's View of S. Carolina. 



