. Meadows and pastures; a compendium of the Grasses of Tennessee, prepared expressly for the farmers of Tennessee, but adapted to the whole country. Grasses. (141) borbood, and is rapidly extending to more distant places., If all the advantages offered by this crop were fully appre- ciated and availed of, the possession of this plant in your climate would be one of the greatest agricultural blessings. of this and the more Southern States. For my individual share of this benefit, stinted as it is by our colder climate, I estimate it as adding, at least, one thousand bushels of â wheat annually
. Meadows and pastures; a compendium of the Grasses of Tennessee, prepared expressly for the farmers of Tennessee, but adapted to the whole country. Grasses. (141) borbood, and is rapidly extending to more distant places., If all the advantages offered by this crop were fully appre- ciated and availed of, the possession of this plant in your climate would be one of the greatest agricultural blessings. of this and the more Southern States. For my individual share of this benefit, stinted as it is by our colder climate, I estimate it as adding, at least, one thousand bushels of â wheat annually to my ; I can add nothing to what is said above. I am, Colonel, very respectfully, yours, etc. H. M. Polk. Bolivar, Hardeman county, Tennessee. CHINESE SUGAK CO'RISâ{Sorghum nigrum.) In 1854 some insignifi- cant packages of seeds were sent from the then patent office, bearing this inscrip- tion: "sugar millet. (Sorgho Siuyre.) (Good for fodder, green or dry, and for making ;) Who could have foreseen, from these few characters, that a plant was then being added to this country more important than any since the discovery of America and the discovery, to Europeans, of Indian corn? In t. je midst of the great success of the New World in agricultuial products, the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Killebrew, J. B. (Joseph Buckner), 1831-1906; Killebrew, J. B. (Joseph Buckner), 1831-1906. Grasses of Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn. , Tavel, Eastman & Howell
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