 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1892 - 806 pages
...popularity which it deserves in the Southern States. It is a remarkably vigorous grower, reaching 10 or 12 feet in height, with an unusually abundant supply of leaves and very slender stems, which continue to grow until killed by frost. If cut when it reaches 4 or 5 feet... | |
 | Samuel Mills Tracy - Agriculture - 1898 - 64 pages
...to 70 from a single seed, 6 to 12 feet tall. The stalks, leaves, and spindle resemlile Indian corn. This is the plant of which Prof. Asa Gray said, "Possibly...unusually abundant supply of leaves and tender stems, which continue to grow until killed by frosts. If cut when it reaches 4 or 5 feet in height it makes... | |
 | Agriculture - 1899 - 904 pages
...forage per acre, Mississippi 44,000, and Louisiana the enormous amount of over 50 tons. It needs along season of hot weather, a rich soil, and abundant moisture...unusually abundant supply of leaves and tender stems, which continue to grow until killed by frosts. If cut when it reaches 4 or 5 feet in height it makes... | |
 | Virginia. Dept. of Agriculture and Immigration - Agriculture - 1900 - 176 pages
...where all these conditions cannot be had. It is a remarkably vigorous grower, reaching ten to twelve feet in height, with an unusually abundant supply of leaves and tender stems, which continue to grow until killed by frosts. If cut when it reaches four or five feet in height it... | |
 | United States - 1908 - 1222 pages
...amount of over 50 tons. It needs, a long season of hot weather, a rich soil, and abundant moisture iu order to succeed well, and it is useless to plant...Philippines, as indicated by the following account : " From the table given below it will be seen that five cuttings were made from the plot in eight... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1913 - 920 pages
...plant it where all those conditions can not be had. It is a remarkably vigorous grower, reaching 10 or 12 feet in height, with an unusually abundant supply of leaves and slender stems which continue to grow until killed by frost. It is planted and cultivated like corn,... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1892 - 810 pages
...popularity which it deserves in the Southern States. It is a remarkably vigorous grower, reaching 10 or 12 feet in height, with an unusually abundant supply of leaves and very slender stems, which continue to grow until killed by frost. If cut when it reaches 4 or 5 feet... | |
 | Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Md - Germplasm resources, Plant - 1898 - 444 pages
...plant it where all these conditions can not be had. It is a remarkably vigorous grower, reaching 10 or 12 feet in height, with an unusually abundant supply of leaves and slender stems, which continue to grow until killed by frosts. If cut when it reaches 4 or 5 feet in... | |
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Georgia reporting 38,000 pounds of green forage per acre, Mississippi 44,000, and Louisiana the enormous amount of over 50 tons. It needs a long season of hot weather, a rich soil, and abundant moisture in order to succeed well, and it is useless to plant... 