A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . A CARLOAD OF POLLED ANGUS CATTLE FATTENED BY STATE EXPERIMENT STATiON, BATON ROUGE,!AND WHICH TOPPED THE CHICAGO MARKET ON JANUARY 8 1904 XL Rescue grass (Bromiis Shraderi) sown in the lirstcool days of the fall, upon well-prepared, fertile soils,will give excellent results. Cut before it goes to sod,it will give two crops of hay. The last cut (after theseed are matured) will drop enough seed to re-seed theground next fall. A good annual for this climate, and,if properly managed, will make a perpetual winter grass. The follow
A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features . A CARLOAD OF POLLED ANGUS CATTLE FATTENED BY STATE EXPERIMENT STATiON, BATON ROUGE,!AND WHICH TOPPED THE CHICAGO MARKET ON JANUARY 8 1904 XL Rescue grass (Bromiis Shraderi) sown in the lirstcool days of the fall, upon well-prepared, fertile soils,will give excellent results. Cut before it goes to sod,it will give two crops of hay. The last cut (after theseed are matured) will drop enough seed to re-seed theground next fall. A good annual for this climate, and,if properly managed, will make a perpetual winter grass. The following have been partial successes: Redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), on damp, low soils; orchard(Dactylis glomerata), on good soil; English blue grass(Festuca pratensis), especially in shady, damp places;velvet grass (Holcus lanatus), Kentucky blue grass (Poapratensis), on good soils containing lime, and cresteddogtail (Cynosanrus crystatus). The following new and imported grasses have beenvery successful, but the seed are difficult to obtain: Hairy oat (Avena sterilis),
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