. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. y grasses; not tried on lowland plat. This grass is not worth sowing for forage, but maybe used for lawns on soil toolight and poor for bettergrasses to succeed. Johnson Grass.—Andro-pogon (Sorghum) tall growing perennialgrass, native of the torrid re-gions of the old world; close-ly related to the sugar grass has a runningroot-stock which causes it tospread very rapidly. On ourlowland plat, from springseeding, it grew vigorously,attaining a height of 30 to36 inches by July 15; wasmowed twice during
. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. y grasses; not tried on lowland plat. This grass is not worth sowing for forage, but maybe used for lawns on soil toolight and poor for bettergrasses to succeed. Johnson Grass.—Andro-pogon (Sorghum) tall growing perennialgrass, native of the torrid re-gions of the old world; close-ly related to the sugar grass has a runningroot-stock which causes it tospread very rapidly. On ourlowland plat, from springseeding, it grew vigorously,attaining a height of 30 to36 inches by July 15; wasmowed twice during the fi rstyear. It shoots late in spring,about April 15,bloomed June6, and was kilted to theground by the first frost ofautumn. It affords a vastamount of excellent hay ongood moist soils. It shouldbe always mowed as soon asthe seed tops hegin to emergefrom the leaf sheathes. Atthis time the seeds are imperfect and cannot propa-gate the plant. This grass,all things considered, may beconsidered the most valuablehay grass for the Southern Fig. Fescue
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