. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 450 MEADOWS AND PASTURES MEADOWS AND PASTURES properly. When curing is well done, the forage is nutritious and palatable. Japan clover (Lespedeza striata). Fig. 593. This useful plant was first observed about 1850 at Charleston, S. C. Since that time it has spread throughout the cotton-belt and as far north as the Ohio and Missouri rivers. It is found rather gener- ally along roadsides and in waste ground. It fre- quently comes up in old deserted fields, in all of which situations it furnishes a considerable amount of valuable pasture. It
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 450 MEADOWS AND PASTURES MEADOWS AND PASTURES properly. When curing is well done, the forage is nutritious and palatable. Japan clover (Lespedeza striata). Fig. 593. This useful plant was first observed about 1850 at Charleston, S. C. Since that time it has spread throughout the cotton-belt and as far north as the Ohio and Missouri rivers. It is found rather gener- ally along roadsides and in waste ground. It fre- quently comes up in old deserted fields, in all of which situations it furnishes a considerable amount of valuable pasture. It is available for pasture from early summer till late in the fall. It seeds abundantly and when once established, although it is an annual, it is more or less permanent. The hay is said to be of excellent quality. [See Lespedeza.]. " ^»v*ti53fe«B. 'fSai Fig 674 Sacchanne sorghum grown for fodder Sorghum (Fig. 674) is very largely used in the South, in late summer, as a green feed for all kinds of stock. It is not infrequently sown thick and cut for hay. It is planted like either corn or wheat. In the former case one-half a gallon to a gallon of seed is used ; in the latter case, half a bushel to two bushels. [See Sorghum.] St. Augustine grass (Stenotapkrum secundatum), Fig. 530, is adapted to a wide range of soils, but seldom succeeds except near the coast. It is propa- gated readily by root-cuttings or pieces of the sod. Roots are formed wherever the joints touch the ground. blue-grass (Poa araehnifera), Fig. 546, is a native of Texas, but it is now grown somewhat widely in the southern states. It makes a good sod, which remains green the year round. It makes its principal growth during the winter, beginning in October and furnishing pasture until April or May. The seed is matured in April. In the summer months it makes little growth. This grass would undoubtedly be more generally grown if it were easier to propagate. It produces an abundance of seed but is diffic
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