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SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 
fertilizer men and stable manure men. but this is the first 
time that I have heard men say that Bermuda grass would not 
grow. In our county there is no fertilizer needed to make 
the grass grow. It is a fertilizer of itself and fertilizes itself. 
We do not need any outside htlp. We cannot get rid ot the 
grass when we want to. It is a singular thing to me that a 
man will say that this grass needs fertilizer or anything else. 
Itjgrows without any aid in the world. It grows all over an 
ash pile. Now, can anyone tell me how to kill it when I 
want to kill it. 
H. W. Marsh —I have seen Bermuda grass come out of a 
five-foot p-st hole. If you want it lor a lawn you have to 
fertilize. It is very difficult to kill it out, but it would not 
make a pretty lawn without fertilizer. 
Mr. Healy —It is not a question of its growing. It is a 
question of its getting green and beautiful. It will grow on 
my lawn without cultivation, but it will not be a thing of 
beauty. I have to use fertilizers to produce the good effects. 
F. D. Waite— I have a little spot in my yard, probably 
fifteen feet square. For two years I have been trying to get 
my lawn to cover that patch, but I have been unsuccessful. 
Prof. P. H. Rolfs —I would like to ask about the Texas 
blue grass. I have seen very fine lawns of that. Is this 
peculiar to our section (Columbia county). I have seen two 
plats that were high and dry that produced a good crop of 
Blue grass. Etas any one had experience with this grass ? 
G. W. Mellish —I have planted Texas Blue grass. During 
this last spring I fertilized it and it came up and is spreading 
more than I had any idea that it would. I have strong hopes 
that it is going to seed and I am certaiu of getting a lawn 
now. I do not know that it would grow from seeds, but I 
know that it will grow from roots. I have no trouble to get 
rid of it when I want. 
Prof. Rolfs —The advantage of Texas grass over Bermuda 
grass is that it is easily got rid of. 
W. M. Bennett —I was about to suggest a mode for confin¬ 
ing Bermuda grass to reasonable limits, but after hearing the 
testimony I feel a little diffident about giving my experience. 
I have Bermuda grass on my place. I took some planks and 
set them on edge and confined the grass in that way. I 
buried the planks about one and one-half inches in the ground. 
The most important matter for our consideration is how deep 
the grass grows. We can watch it above ground, but we can¬ 
not below ground. How far will it grow under ground? To 
