. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. and is found on prairies, ravines, and river bottoms where the soil is rich and moist. Little Blue-stem: Broom Beard- grass.â This has a stem with purplish joints like the preceding, but is a much smaller plant. The "heads " are small, loose spikes, arranged singly along the stem. It grows in dense bunches, and, when headed out, the top of the clump has a fuzzy or hairy appearance. Cattle eat it early in the season, but it soon becomes too tough. Wild Rye: Nodding Wild Rye. â Little Blue-stem (left), 'pjjjg ^jg^j-s a close re
. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. and is found on prairies, ravines, and river bottoms where the soil is rich and moist. Little Blue-stem: Broom Beard- grass.â This has a stem with purplish joints like the preceding, but is a much smaller plant. The "heads " are small, loose spikes, arranged singly along the stem. It grows in dense bunches, and, when headed out, the top of the clump has a fuzzy or hairy appearance. Cattle eat it early in the season, but it soon becomes too tough. Wild Rye: Nodding Wild Rye. â Little Blue-stem (left), 'pjjjg ^jg^j-s a close resemblance to ordi- Bio Blue-steiM (right) nary field rye, except that it is not so tall. It affords excellent pasture and hay. Grama Grass: Muskit Grass. ââ In some sections this is also called " buffalo grass," though that name belongs properly to the next species. It is an important, pasture grass on the western prairies espe- cially on the great ranges, where it " sun cures " and then continues to furnish forage for stock in winter. Buffalo Grass. â This famous grass of the western cattle ranges is usually not over four or five inches in height. It resembles the preceding species and is often mistaken for it. Its curly leaves and creeping stems often form a dense mat on the ground. Stock is very fond of it, and it affords ex- cellent forage in winter as well as summer. Wild Rye. 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 Schmidt, Charles Christian, 1859-. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath & Co
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