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CLOVERS AND GRASSES — Continued 
BERMUDA GRASS 
(Cynodon Dactylon) 
Bermuda Grass, on account of it's wonderful ability to withstand dry weather, is being planted more 
and more in Oklahoma and the dry sections of other Western States. Kentucky Blue Grass makes the 
most beautiful lawns in the world but this grass requires abundant water and a great deal of care. 
Bermuda Grass will remain green all summer with practically no rain or watering. A lawn of Bermuda 
Grass here in Lawrence remained bright green all during the drought of 1916 without any watering. It 
makes a beautiful lawn of a light green color and when once established requires no care except cutting. 
It will stand any amount of tramping and makes a very heavy, dense mat. 
Part of the lawn of the Capitol Building at Topeka is planted to Bermuda Grass. The Kansas Farmer 
writes of this as follows: 
" Mention has several times been made in Kansas Farmer of the Bermuda planted in the lawn of the 
State Capitol here in Topeka. The planting was done a year ago last spring. Apparently a considerable 
number of the plants were killed last winter. However, the grass came on this spring and at this writing 
(September after the extremely hot and dry summer of 1913), the plots are thickly covered. These are 
the only green plots in the four blocks composing the State House lawn. The Bermuda has not been 
watered. The remarkable manner in which the Bermuda thickened after having suffered much from the 
rigors of last winter and the manner in which it has kept green demonstrated to us the possibilities of practi- 
cal value of Bermuda grass for this section of the State." 
Bermuda grass can be started by sowing the seed at the rate of from 3 to 5 pounds per acre or by set- 
ting out the roots. Neither should be done until the soil is warm. The roots should be set about 18 inches 
apart and then watered frequently for about six weeks. After they get a good start they require no artificial 
watering. 
It is a valuable grass to grow over and bind the most arid soil. It is valuable for pasture and also as 
hay crop. Price of seed 50c per lb. Roots 2 bu. sack $2.00 
ORCHARD GRASS. (Dactylis Olomerata.) No farmer should be without a small field of Orcharp 
Grass as in many respects it is superior to all other grasses. It stands the drought, grows well in the shade, 
does well in wet or poor ground and is splendid to prevent worn out fields from washing. This grass fur- 
nishes excellent pasture three weeks before any other and after close grazing ten days' rest is sufficient for 
another growth. Cows fed on this will produce more and richer milk than on blue grass. It makes a 
very heavy sod and when well set remains for many years. It is especially adapted for winter grazing, 
as it remains green all season. It is well suited to sow mixed with alfalfa; an average of 12 lbs. orchard 
grass, 6 to 8 lbs. alfalfa seeds. Sow 20 to 25 lbs. per acre Lb. 35c 
^^^^^^ _ w ^^^^ BROMUS INERMIS OR HUN- 
! GARIAN BEOME GRASS. A Won- 
derful Drought Resister. A Grass for 
. - . the Stock Raiser. All Cattle Like it. 
v|?>?^t^ ■ . • ■ - This pre-eminent drought-resisting grass 
stands at the head of all, and is destined 
, to lead as the most satisfactory and 
'lSs'> ' • •*;.;\;W--vi • valuable forage grass in all localities 
* -•* ^ ' , ' " " " where arid soils demand a plant with 
ability to stand the drought. Stands 
intense cold equally as well. May be 
• sown in autumn with winter wheat, or 
early spring. In Southern States sow 
; | in February or March, preparing lands 
as for other grasses. Blooms in North 
in June, and earlier in Southern States. 
Its nature is to stool out, and thus 
V^mS^k' does its best until, the second season. 
It seldom produces seed the first year. 
Aside from Alfalfa no grass has fulfilled 
£3gjfc * ' . •_• . 2 the promise to the Western farmer 
'-'r^^SlJ,,,- - , better than Bromus Inermis. It meets 
liMMp> • Jf^-SF^ ' '■ drought as well as wet and cold, and for 
■tMfl^^^^^R': • • f.'V ' .- - Kansas we know of no e^rass to equal 
^S^M/* * * - '- '''-> d lt - Many of our large ranchers are 
1 . • • ■ . . . | planting it extensively. 
For hog pasture a mixture of Bromus 
• • ' Inermis and alfalfa, where the latter 
SS»SBB^>I^S9SK0W^ succeeds well, is recommended by Prof. 
|KH»K^^l^f^^^K^P^^^^ Ten E y ck e of the Kansas State Agri- 
r. f -. ' . . . ; ■ cultural College Experiment Station, 
^w^^^^Ri^^^^^C ' ' * '- - and ne aiso suggests for large pastures 
I for cattle a mixture of the following 
per acre: Bromus Inermis, 10 lbs.; Or- 
chard Grass, 8 lbs.; Meadow Fescue, 8 lbs.; Red Clover, 1 or 2 lbs. added to the mixture. For worn 
out pastures he advises a disc early in the spring, following with a harrow and sow Bromus Inermis 
on the land, putting most on places where native grasses are mostlkilled out PerHb. 30c 
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