. Livestock farming in Florida along the lines of the Florida east coast . d February that stockcattle need any help, on account of the colder weather, the dormantstate of the grass and its destruction at this time on large areas byfire. Winter pastures of comparatively small area, if planted in im-proved grasses, would cheaply provide for this short season, andreturn stock to the general range in fine condition. They wouldincrease the yield of calves and prevent their becoming stunted,which is one cause of slow growth resulting in small cattle of poorquality. In addition to the vari
. Livestock farming in Florida along the lines of the Florida east coast . d February that stockcattle need any help, on account of the colder weather, the dormantstate of the grass and its destruction at this time on large areas byfire. Winter pastures of comparatively small area, if planted in im-proved grasses, would cheaply provide for this short season, andreturn stock to the general range in fine condition. They wouldincrease the yield of calves and prevent their becoming stunted,which is one cause of slow growth resulting in small cattle of poorquality. In addition to the various kinds of wild grass, growingon uncleared woodland or unbroken prairie, all cultivated landsproduce the second year without seeding, either crab grass (the Page thirteen iiiiiiiiiiiiimi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi minim i mi M iiimnun n i in iimrrm^ lllllll-llllllllll Illl I I IIII1H Illllllllllllll I Illllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMirTTTT LIVE STOCK FARMING IN FLORIDA Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i urn ii hi ii Him iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimniii mre. Native Bull on S. H. Gaitskills Farm at Mcintosh, Marion County most common), crow-foot or blanket grass. All of these in seasonmake good pastures and the first two make good hay. Many other varieties can be grown successfully and full informationconcerning them is furnished by the Department of Agriculture atWashington, D. C, or by the Experiment Station at Gainesville,Florida, by P. H. Rolfs, director. Before passing this subject it maybe well to say that Bermuda grass and its twin sister, St. Luciegrass, grow luxuriantly during nine or ten months and in mild wintersall the year, and furnish continuous pasture. Rhodes grass, fromthe limited experiments made, promises a wonderful hay grass forthe summer months and extra fine pasture during the entire winter,at least as far north as the twenty-ninth parallel. During the lastwinter it grew luxuriantly through the entire winter without turn-ing brown on
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