. 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. le).—This grass(Fig. 38.) is of considerable importance in the distribution is shown in Fig. 39. It is not a culti-vated grass in the ordinary sense, as its seed is neversown. It comes up as a weed in corn-fields after thelast cultivation, and furnishes no inconsiderable amountof pasture. A considerable proportion of the hay pro-duced in the South is made
. 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. le).—This grass(Fig. 38.) is of considerable importance in the distribution is shown in Fig. 39. It is not a culti-vated grass in the ordinary sense, as its seed is neversown. It comes up as a weed in corn-fields after thelast cultivation, and furnishes no inconsiderable amountof pasture. A considerable proportion of the hay pro-duced in the South is made from this volunteer growthof crab-grass. The yield is light, seldom exceeding aton per acre, and the hay is of only moderate has a very good standing with Southern farmers,but is not often seen on the markets. It is mostly fedon the farms where it is grown. Carpet-grass (^Panicum compressum).—This isan important pasture-grass in eastern Texas, lyouisiana,southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and parts ofFlorida. It sends out long, creeping stems which rootat the joints, and form a very dense, even carpet ofsod, whence its name. Stock are very fond of it, andit is highly prized where it grows. On sandy lands. GRASSES OK MINOR IMPORTANCE 187 that are heavily pastured carpet-grass will run outBermuda grass. It produces very little seed, which isdifficult to gather. An occasional method of seedingland to carpet-grass is to mow it at a time when ripeseed is most abundant, and scatter the dry hay on theland to be seeded. This grass does not thrive veryfar from the Gulf Coast. It seems to prefer uplands,and thrives on either sandy or clay soils. It is asplendid pasture-grass, but does not compare withBermuda grass in the amount of forage produced. Thedistribution of carpet-grass is shown in Fig. 40. Si,ENDER Wheat-grass {Agropyron tenerum).—Of the many valuable wild grasses of our Westernplains and mountain regions, slender wheat-grass isone of the few that are pro
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