Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . wn grass mixtures. Sheep eat it quite freely, but cattle avoid it if othergrasses are available. Red fescue makes a dense growth under favorable conditions and mayattain a height of two feet or more. It makes fair yields of hay, but is notequal to many of the better species for this purpose. Rye Grasses.—Perennial rye grass is a short-lived, rapid-growingperennial, living usually only two years on poor land, but somewhat longer MEADOW AND PASTURE GRASSES 107 unde
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . wn grass mixtures. Sheep eat it quite freely, but cattle avoid it if othergrasses are available. Red fescue makes a dense growth under favorable conditions and mayattain a height of two feet or more. It makes fair yields of hay, but is notequal to many of the better species for this purpose. Rye Grasses.—Perennial rye grass is a short-lived, rapid-growingperennial, living usually only two years on poor land, but somewhat longer MEADOW AND PASTURE GRASSES 107 under favorable conditions. It is seldom employed except in lawnmixtures. Italian rye grass is adapted to moist regions Tvath mild winters. Itsucceeds best on loam and sandy loam soils. It is adapted for hay purposesand may be cut several times during the season. Sudan Grass.—^A tall annual grass resembling Johnson grass, butspreads only by seeds. It has been recently introduced and seems to bebest adapted to the semi-arid belt. It has been tried in an experimentalway in many of the states and has generally made a good
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