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months will spread several feet in cir- | early enough, makes a good fall pasture 
cumference. Blades are wide and give fine also. It is a good spring soiling crop, 
foliage and when well set form a thick giving the earliest bite of green. stuff; 
green carpet that cannot be uprooted by 
any amount of- grazing. It has’ trans- 
formed New South Wales into one of the 
greatest dairying countries in the world. 
The United States Department of Agricul- 
ture Bulletin No. 248 on “Lawns” says: ‘In 
the Gulf coast country the grass known 
as Carpet Grass has for a number of years 
been attracting considerable attention for 
use upon lawns. It has a habit of growth 
very similar to Bermuda grass and under 
same conditions it thrives and maintains 
itself to even a greater extent than does 
the Bermuda grass.’ This grass is easily 
eradicated and one year’s cultivation of 
the turf in any other crop will entirely 
eradicate it. Ten pounds mixed with sand 
for hand sowing will sow an acre. The 
best time to plant Carpet Grass is from the 
latter part of November to the middle of 
March. Have the ground well prepared, 
broadcast the seed, and do not try to 
cover, as the rains will bury seed deep 
enough. 
TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS.—(Arrhe- 
natherum Avenaceum.) Evergreen grass 
in Virginia and other Southern States, and 
it is the Tall Oat (Avena Elatior) of Lin- 
naeus. It is closely related to the common 
oat and has a beautiful open panicle lean- 
ing slightly to one side. It is widely 
naturalized and well adapted to a_ great 
variety of soils. On sandy or gravelly 
soils it succeeds admirably, growing two 
to three feet high. On rich, dry upland 
it grows from five to seven feet high. It 
may be sown in March or April, and mowed 
the same season; but for heavier yield it 
is better to sow in September or October. 
Along the more Southern belt it may be 
sown in November and onward till the mid- 
dle of December. Wherever sown it is one 
of the most certain grasses to have a good 
catch. , Not less than 2 bushels per acre 
should be sown. 
RED TOP GRASS.—(Agrostis Vulgaris.) 
This is the best grass of England, the herd 
grass of the United States; not in honor of 
any man, but probably because so _ well 
adapted to the herd. It is called also Fine 
Top Burden’s Grass. It grows two to 
three feet high, and can be mown when 
four feet high. 
and sides, in ditches, gullies and marshes, 
but delights in moist bottom land. It fur- 
nishes considerable grazing during warm 
“spells” in winter, and in spring and sum- 
mer an abundant supply of nutrition. It 
has a tendency, being very hardy, to in- 
crease in density of growth and extent of 
surface, and will continue indefinitely, 
though easily subdued by the plow. Cut 
before maturing seeds it makes a good 
hay and large quantity. Red Top and 
Timothy, being adapted to the same soil 
and maturing at the same time, do well 
together and produce an excellent hay. 
Sow two bushels per acre, if alone, in Sep- 
tember, October, February or March; if 
with Timothy for hay from 6 to 10 pounds; 
if with other grasses for pasture, 3 to 5 
pounds. It is an excellent pasturage grass, 
and will grow on almost any kind of soil. 
SEED RYE.—(For Forage.) This crop is 
used all over the South for fall, winter and 
spring pasturage, early green food, and for 
green manuring as well as for grain. Rye 
is very hardy, and will grow on poorer land 
than other grain crops. It makes good 
winter and spring pasture, and, if sown 
It grows well on‘hill°tops~ 
makes a fair quality of hay if cut in 
bloom, or before it is fully headed out. 
It is very extensively grown, and_ suc- 
ceeds well throughout the South. Rye can 
be very satisfactorily sown at the last 
working of corn or cotton, or it can be 
sown by itself from July: to , November. 
Sow at the rate of 1% bushels per acre. 
ITALIAN BRYE.—Is coming into great 
favor wherever it is grown. Sown in the 
fall it comes up quickly and makes a dense 
matter turf, which gives most excellent 
grazing during the fall, winter and early 
spring. If it is desired to be used as a 
hay crop it should not be grazed too long 
in the spring, as it shoots up very early, 
making a thick growth of grass’ which, 
when cut, cures up splendidly for hay. 
With a favorable season it will yield three 
or four successive cuttings of most excel- 
lent and nutritious hay. It succeeds very 
well on all soils, and is particularly recom- 
mended for rich or heavy low grounds, and 
it will stand more overflow than any other 
grass with which we have had experience. 
Italian Rye Grass is’ principally recom- 
mended for fall seeding, and can be sown 
during August, September and October. It 
should be sown at the rate of 80 pounds to 
the acre, and, as it is an annual, it requires 
seeding each year. It should be cut when 
in bloom for hay. 
SEED WHEAT.—Usually ripening in 
May in the South. It is an early ripening 
prolific sort. Principally planted here for 
early feed to cut green, also for hay and 
grazing. Seed is valuable for poultry and 
fowls. Two bushels will plant an acre. 
EGYPTIAN WHEAT.— (Shallu.) This 
Wheat properly belongs to the family of 
non-saccharine sorghums. Our many trials 
with this plant convinces us of the value 
of same, and that too much cannot be said 
in its favor. The great value is in the 
seed, which are most excellent food for 
poultry, and, in fact, for all stock on the 
farm. From fifty to one hundred bushels 
of seed may be easily grown on an acre. 
It should be threshed as wheat or other 
grain. It would prove far more valuable 
to grind the seed -for:all stock_ except 
poultry. Often land that will not grow ten 
bushels of corn per acre will grow forty to 
fifty bushels of Shallu seed. As the seed 
contains 80° per cent of the feeding value 
of corn, as a food for stock, it can be made 
far more valuable as a stock food on many 
farms than our common corn. Every 
farmer should plant at least a few acres 
of this Wheat so that if a drought occurs 
he will be sure of grain for his poultry 
and stock. Sow 20 pounds per acre. 
HAIRY OR SAND VETCH.—Though it 
succeeds and produces good crops on poor 
sandy soil, it is much more vigorous on 
good land and grows to a height of four 
or five feet. It is perfectly hardy through- 
out the United States, remaining green all 
Winter, and should be sown during August 
and September mixed with Rye, which 
serves aS a support for the plants, or in 
Spring with Oats and Barley. It is the 
earliest crop for culture, being nearly a 
month earlier than Crimson Clover, and a 
full crop can be taken off the land in time 
for planting Spring crops. Two bushels 
per acre. 
Steckler’s Mixed Lawn Grass will make your Lawn Beautiful. 
