Note 181 — Chapter XXIII · UTILIZATION AND RECLAMATION OF ALKALI LANDS.
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It should be understood that the plants so referred to are exclusively the true grasses, recognized as such by every child, and not forage plants generally; which are sometimes so designated; not only by farmers, but by some authors who fail to appreciate the practical importance of the distinction, which makes it necessary that farmers should be taught to understand it.