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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of W. B. Close (left) and V.B. Ellis (right) showing that grass has grown well over 5 feet in the 84 days since it was planted. Close is a neighbor of Ellis’ who has had blue panic grass on his own land and was quite influential in getting Ellis to plant his grass. (See TX-48-717-A). TX-48-717-B.
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of individual plants of Weeping lovegrass. TX-42, 743.
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of growth that has been made on blue panic grass planted on May 1, 1953, where the grass was irrigated. The ground was irrigated once before planting and once after planting. Shortly after this picture was made, Ellis turned 43 head of grown cattle into this 8 acre planting of panic grass and left them for one month. They were then rotated to sudan grass. The blue panic grass was about knee-high at the end of this grazing period and either be grazed again or saved for a seed crop or both before frost. Ellis, co-operator of the Hall County Soil Conservation District [SCD] (center), Chester Hofstedler, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] (left) and W. P. Close (right), a neighbor of Mr. Ellis. TX-48-717-A.
Planting Seeds
Photograph of James Doneghy combining seed from 20 acre field of weeping lovegrass planted April 17, 1945, in 42" rows. Yielded 40 seed per acre on July 31, 1945.
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