. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 13 buffalo grass {Bulbilis dactyloides), which has gained much of its credit at the expense of jBo?t:^e?owa, the two being often confused by farmers and ; Rescue Grass or Arctic G-rass {Bronms unioloides).—An excellent winter-pasture grass, but not widely distributed in this section. The specimen forwarded for identification was found in Nolan County, in September. At that time its seeds had shattered out badly, and its leaves were not green, nor was there much of it. Stockmen say, how- ever, that earlier in
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 13 buffalo grass {Bulbilis dactyloides), which has gained much of its credit at the expense of jBo?t:^e?owa, the two being often confused by farmers and ; Rescue Grass or Arctic G-rass {Bronms unioloides).—An excellent winter-pasture grass, but not widely distributed in this section. The specimen forwarded for identification was found in Nolan County, in September. At that time its seeds had shattered out badly, and its leaves were not green, nor was there much of it. Stockmen say, how- ever, that earlier in the sea- son it was to be found in fair quantities in Mitchell, Nolan, and Taylor counties. It has been reported from some of the other counties of central Texas, where it is valued both as a pasture and as a hay grass. Arizona Millet (Glmtochloa macrostachya).—A tall, rather coarse ujiland grass. It is a valuable hay grass because of its habit of growth, i>roducing an abundance of fodder and seed. It is one of the most common grasses of this section of Texas. Bermuda (Gynodon dacty- Ion).—Probably not a native, but now so common in every part of this section that it is regarded as one of its dis- tinctive grasses. It grows about the windmills where it is freely watered tall enough to be cut for hay. For graz- ing purposes it is doubtful if any other grass will furnish more or better pasturage. If stockmen, instead of confining the propagation of it to their yards and lawns, would put down extensive fields of it, they would be amply repaid for the labor and exj)ense. One stockman who has a 10-acre pasture well sodded with Bermuda grass says that he kept more than a dozen calves and 4 head of horses on it month after month, and that he frequently permitted as many as 10 extra horses to run on it several days in succession, and that he never thought he had over- stocked it. In the cities of central Texas it is being used to improve the footpaths and lawns. Stockmen and f
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