. 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. Grasses. 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 sedlions where it is at its best. Unlike its counterpart in the North, it does not become dormant
. 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. Grasses. 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 sedlions where it is at its best. Unlike its counterpart in the North, it does not become dormant during the summer, but continues. FIG. 26—PLAT OF BERMUDA GRASS IN GRASS-GARDEN AT WASHINGTON, D. C. its vigorous growth during the hottest weather. It also withstands drouth to a marked degree, but is not equal to the exceedingly dry climate of western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California unless irrigated. Yet it remains green during protradted summer drouths of central Texas and States to the eastward. The quality of its herbage is probably not quite equal to that of blue-grass. Stock-raising is not yet sufficiently developed in the Bermuda grass region to justify a final judgment on this point. The best Bermuda pastures easily support two head of cat- tle per acre from April till late in Odlober ; not infre- quently three head per acre are grazed on it during. 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 Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper). New York, O. Judd company
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