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 . TWO PROMINENT SOUTHERN GRASSES 129 (A plat of Bermuda grass in the grass-garden at Wash-ington, D. C, is shown in Fig. 26.) There is probably no other grass that bears pastur-ing better, or yields more herbage in the form of pas-ture, than Bermuda grass in sections where it is at itsbest. Unlike its counterpart in the North, it does notbecome dormant during the summ
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 . TWO PROMINENT SOUTHERN GRASSES 129 (A plat of Bermuda grass in the grass-garden at Wash-ington, D. C, is shown in Fig. 26.) There is probably no other grass that bears pastur-ing better, or yields more herbage in the form of pas-ture, than Bermuda grass in sections where it is at itsbest. Unlike its counterpart in the North, it does notbecome dormant during the summer, but continues. FIG. 26—PLAT OF BERMUDA GRASS IN GRASS-GARDEN ATWASHINGTON, D. C. its vigorous growth during the hottest weather. Italso withstands drouth to a marked degree, but is notequal to the exceedingly dry climate of western Texas,New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California unlessirrigated. Yet it remains green during protractedsummer drouths of central Texas and States to theeastward. The quality of its herbage is probablynot quite equal to that of blue-grass. Stock-raising isnot yet sufficiently developed in the Bermuda grassregion to justify a final judgment on this point. Thebest Bermuda pastures easily support two head of cat-tle per acre from April till late in October ; not infre-quently three head per acre are grazed on it during 130 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES early summer. On the experiment station farm atBaton Rouge, Louisiana, thirty head of cattle of all ageswere kept on seventeen acres of Bermuda pasture, withno other feed, from March 25 to November 1. In addi-tion to t
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