Date of harvesting and stage of maturity reached when harvested? 

 Date of full bloom ? 

 Date of ripening ? 

 Yield per acre (if practicable) ? 

 Quality of product ? 

 Notes on growth, probable value, etc. 



The following table will indicate the number of reports received 

 from farmers in the different States during the years 1898 and 1899: 



Table II. — Number of reports received from experimenters in the different States. 



By comparing Tables I and II it will be seen that in most cases 

 the number of reports received correspond to the number of experi- 

 menters receiving seed, the most coming from Kansas with 41, Mon- 

 tana 30, North Dakota 22, South Dakota 22, and Nebraska 18. In 

 California, Washington, and Oregon smooth brome will succeed with 

 or without irrigation. In Colorado it retains its fresh green appear- 

 ance until December, affording excellent pasture. During the severe 

 droughts in Kansas, Montana, and Nebraska it dies down and appears 

 dead but as soon as rain falls it becomes green again. It is now well 

 established in the Dakotas and is grown extensively both for hay and 

 pasture. In Indiana and Ohio it is said to make about the same 

 growth as orchard grass but withstands dry weather much better. 



Sufficient experiments have not been carried on in the South to 

 enable us to state its value for that part of the country, but it is 

 probable that it will be found of. considerable value for winter grazing. 



