. Southern truckers' guide. Nursery stock Alabama Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. 54 \MZI GODDEN COM PA NT, The hay should be cut when the plant* are coming into bloom, at which time the stalks, some of them will be very large, will also be tender and succulent and make an excellent quality of hay. The hay should be cured as you would sorghum, only it cures much quicker, and there is not so much danger of losing any of it. Johnson Grass will succeed well on most any kind of soil, but it ap|>ears to do better on a heavy 6oil, and is admirably adapted to bottom la
. Southern truckers' guide. Nursery stock Alabama Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. 54 \MZI GODDEN COM PA NT, The hay should be cut when the plant* are coming into bloom, at which time the stalks, some of them will be very large, will also be tender and succulent and make an excellent quality of hay. The hay should be cured as you would sorghum, only it cures much quicker, and there is not so much danger of losing any of it. Johnson Grass will succeed well on most any kind of soil, but it ap|>ears to do better on a heavy 6oil, and is admirably adapted to bottom land. We consider Johnson Grass the most valuable hay crop that can be grown in the South on account of its peculiar adaptability to the Southern country, standing any amount of hot dry weather without serious injury. When Johnson Grass is once well established on a plot of ground, it will last for an indefinite period, but it is advisable that the grass be thoroughly plowed up every spring after all danger of freezes are over, as breaking of the roots induce them to sprout more freely, and when a very good stand is not present a few more M ed may be put in to good advantage. Price of Johnson Grass Seed, extra cleaned, free from chaff: Per lb., 10c; j>er bu. of 25 lbs., $ -d i >-p XT A C1 (Agrostis Vulgaris)—It is much quicker growth than Orchard rved lop Or XleraS O-raSS. Grass, much finer foliage, and its seed pods, or heads, are much smaller and of finer texture, and the foilage very narrow and not so coarse in texture. On account of its quick growth and tine appearance, it is used very largely throughout the United States in lawn mixtures and in permanent pastures. The soil best adapted for the successful growth of Red Top or Herd Grass is any soil that will grow other grasses, or good crops of grain; but it is peculiarly adapted to damp situations, and makes its best growth on low, wet lands, and its ability to stand any amount of overflowing has caused it to be
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