. Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc. eived in thatsedlion, particularly on lands subjedl to June over-flow. Wild rice {Zisania aquatica) is a very large, suc-culent grass that grows even in shallow water, and fur-nishes excellent green feed for cattle when it can beharvested. A dairyman near Washington city annu-ally cuts a large area of it for soiling purposes, and re-ports it to be excellent feed. I
. Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc. eived in thatsedlion, particularly on lands subjedl to June over-flow. Wild rice {Zisania aquatica) is a very large, suc-culent grass that grows even in shallow water, and fur-nishes excellent green feed for cattle when it can beharvested. A dairyman near Washington city annu-ally cuts a large area of it for soiling purposes, and re-ports it to be excellent feed. Its seed furnishes valu-able feed for fish and water-fowl. A few dealers offerseed of this grass. I,ARGE WATER-GRASS {Paspalum dilatatum) is saidto be a valuable grass on wet lands in the South. Itsseed has recently been placed on the market. Thereare numerous other grasses, yielding feed of fair togood quality, growing on swampy land in all parts ofthe country, but those mentioned are the only ones ofwhich seed is available at the present time. SANDY LANDS For drifting sands only one grass has thus far beensuccessfully used—namely : Beach-grass (Ammophila arenaria).—This is theMarram grass of Australia. Fxtensive planta-. FIG. 42—SEASIDE BLUE-GRASS 195 196 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES tions of it have been made on our North AtlanticCoast and in Western Europe. It also thrives in thesands on the shores of the Great Lakes. It is propa-gated entirely from sets, not from seed. Of cultivatedgrasses, millet is adapted to rather sandy soils, andrye is an excellent winter crop for such lands ; butthese two crops are not adapted to the sandiest blue-grass {^Poa conipressa) possesses someadvantages as a pasture or lawn grass where the soilis sandy. In the South there are several good grasses for thispurpose, the best being Bermuda grass, carpet-grass,and St. Augustine Grass {Stenotaphrum dimidea-twrn).—All three of these are propagated from cuttingsor pieces of
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