Identifier: horsessaddlesbri00cart (find matches)
Title: Horses, saddles and bridles
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Carter, William H. (William Harding), 1851-1925
Subjects: Cavalry Horses
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : The Lord Baltimore Press, The Friedenwald Company
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ennial grass; it thrives in swampymeadows and is much valued by dairymen. It makes hay in largequantities. Bermuda Grass.— (Figure 117.) This is the most valuablegrass in the South; it spreads rapidly by means of its roots, andis difficult to eradicate when once located ; its chief value is forsummer pasture ; it is much used as a lawn grass, and for terracesand embankments; it is afifected but little by droughts, and ityields from a ton and a half to two tons per acre; is a perennial. Orchard Grass.— (Figure 118.) This is a very popular grassin the Eastern and Northern States; it grows to a height of threefeet; is a perennial; is adapted to a wide range of soils, climatesand treatments, making good winter pasturage; when cut for hayit affords a heavy aftermath; it yields on medium land from oneto three tons of excellent hay, and is easily cured and handled. Kentucky Blue Grass.— (Figure 119.) There are several well-marked varieties of this grass. It is extensively used for pas-
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Figure 119. Kentucky Blue Grass. FORAGE 367 turage; it does not afford so heavy and profitable a hay crop assome other grasses ; it attains its highest luxuriance and perfectionas a pasture grass over the limestone formation of middle Ten-nessee and Kentucky; it accommodates itself to a great variety ofsoils and climates, and does not run out on good land; no reason-able amount of grazing can destroy it; it is a perennial. Clover.—This family embraces a large number of plants,varying greatly in size and quality. It is not deemed necessaryto illustrate a plant so familiar in Europe and America. The mostcommon varieties are the red and the small white or Dutch clover. Clover is one of the most important of cultivated grasses, notonly for feed, but as an improver of the soil. It is usually sowedin conjunction with some other grass. It lasts several years, butis frequently plowed under as a fertilizer before it runs out. It is not suited alone for grazing, except for a few minutes ata t

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