AGRICULTURE FOR SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. 31 
demonstration purposes may be obtained from the Bureau of Plant 
Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. Each student should participate as far as possible in the 
work. 
Note. — This exercise may be preceded with profit by a comparative study of 
the nodules on the various kinds of legumes found in the neighborhood of the 
school. 
Lessons 48 axd 49. — The Grasses. 
Bermuda, Johnson, Sudan, Ehodes, timothy, redtop, Kentucky 
bluegrass, orchard grass, the brome grasses, fescues, and any other 
grasses of local importance. 
Special references. — 
Notes on Grasses and Forage Plants of Southeastern States, Agros- 
tology Bulletin 1. 
Economic Grasses, Agrostology Bulletin 14. 
Some New Grasses for the South, United States Department of Agri- 
culture Yearbook, 1912. 
The following Farmers' Bulletins: 361, Meadow Fescue: Its Culture 
and Uses ; 402, Canada Bluegrass : Its Culture and Uses ; 605, 
Sudan Grasses as a Forage Crop. 
Exercise 33. — Collection and Study of Grasses. 
Purpose: To familiarize students with varieties of grasses best 
suited to local conditions. 
Directions: Each student should collect and describe two grasses 
of local importance in addition to the following 10 varieties: Ber- 
muda, Johnson, Sudan, Ehodes, timothy, redtop, Kentucky bluegrass, 
orchard grass, smooth brome-grass, and meadow fescue. Whenever 
possible, a sample of seed should accompany the sample of dried grass. 
Record and report: The following outline from A Laboratory 
Manual of Cereals and Forage Crops, by Livingston and Stemple, 
may be followed in writing the descriptions of the grasses : 
Field study of perennial grasses. 
(Adapted for last of May or first of June.) 
Common name 
Scientific name 
Place mostly grown 
Thriftiness : Vigorous, medium, weak 
Habit of growth : 
Stooling: Very stoloniferous, medium, not 
Diameter of plants (average of 10 plants) 
Number of plants per square foot for full stand 
Roots : 
Color : White, brown, red 
Depth: Deep or shallow — medium 
