. 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. Grasses. GRASSES FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS 199 Elyvtus condensatus in low alkaline soil, is seen in Fig- 43-) Salt-grass {Distichlis maritima), a small, sod- forming grass, grows on soils very strongly alkaline. Some forms of it grow tall enough to cut for hay. It. FIG. 43—TYPICAL VIEW ON RANGES OF THE WEST SHOWING BUNCHES OF GIANT RYE GRASS is too salty for first-cla
. 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. Grasses. GRASSES FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS 199 Elyvtus condensatus in low alkaline soil, is seen in Fig- 43-) Salt-grass {Distichlis maritima), a small, sod- forming grass, grows on soils very strongly alkaline. Some forms of it grow tall enough to cut for hay. It. FIG. 43—TYPICAL VIEW ON RANGES OF THE WEST SHOWING BUNCHES OF GIANT RYE GRASS is too salty for first-class feed, but stock eat it very readily when better feed is scarce. No attention has been given to its propagation. It is a shy seed-bearer, but a little attention from the plant-breeder could doubtless develop a strain of salt-grass of considerable value for soils too strongly alkaline for other 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 Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper). New York, O. Judd company
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