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Table I. — Number of experimenters and distribution of smooth brome-grass seed- 



Continued. 



The States receiving the largest amounts of seed as shown by the 

 table, were Kansas, Montana, Texas, Colorada, Nebraska, North 

 Dakota, Washington, and Oregon, in the order named. The North 

 and South Dakota experiment stations have also systematically dis- 

 tributed large quantities of their home-grown seed throughout their 

 State. In the former State it has been so distributed that it is now 

 in the hands of farmers in all but two counties in the State. 



METHOD OF SEEDING. 



Smooth brome-grass will grow on almost any soil, but its produc- 

 tiveness depends upon the degree of fertility. It seems to germin- 

 ate well on rich, moist land, but is also able to produce a crop where 

 the soil is poor and the conditions unfavorable for the growth 

 of other grasses. The land should be fall plowed and put in good 

 condition by disking and spring-tooth or peg-tooth harrowing as the 

 land may require. The seed may be sown as early as wheat is seeded, 

 or it may be sown as late as the first of August or September if the 

 land is kept from drying out and from growing weeds, by an occa- 

 sional surface cultivation. In some parts of California, Washing- 

 ton, and Oregon it has been found better to sow in the fall during 

 the months of October and November. 



Some farmers have reported that they had succeeded in sowing 

 the seed with a drill but the large majority abandoned it after a trial 

 and sowed broadcast. The seed is very light and chaffy, weighing 

 only fou' -^n pounds to the bushel, which makes it difficult to feed 

 satisfactorily through an ordinary seed-drill. The most common 

 plan is broadcast by hand at the rate of from eighteen to 



twent}- j^oiuidB jor acre and harrow it in thoroughly with a peg-tooth 

 harrf w. 



If pro^jer sec. .nils could be secured, there is a saving of seed, a 



bet.-T I'liauce for germination, and a less likelihood for the grass to 



be^-ome "hide-bov-ad," owing to its spreading rootstoocks, than when 



s a broadcast The seed may be procured from any of the large 



i firms at tlv rate of about $2.25 per bushel of 14 pounds. When 



1 o is ci ' vdng a pasture or meadow and is limited in means, 



