The west half of this plat was sown in a like manner to a robust form of Cana- 

 dian blue grass {Poa comjiressa) , collected by Mr. Griffiths at Norfolk, Nebraska, 

 in 1898. Sown May 10; up May 31. Stand thin. 



Plat A (3). — Nevada blue grass {Poa nevadensis). One-half of this plat 

 was drilled and the other half sown broadcast. Seed collected by Williams 

 and Griffiths in Wyoming in 1898. Sown May 10; sprouted and up May 31. 

 The stand on part of the drilled portion was so thin it was sown to millet to keep 

 weeds down. The part left made a good, healthy growth. The stand on tne 

 part of plat sown broadcast was also very thin. Mown July 39 to kill weeds. 

 October 23, the plants were two to three inches high and still green. 



Plat A (4).- — Oregon brome {Bromus unioloides) . This plat was sown broad- 

 cast May 10. Seed from Oregon. Sprouted and up May 22. This seed germi- 

 nated well, but the plat was very weedy. August 5, it was twelve to eighteen 

 inches high ; August 21, seed was ripe and one-half bushel gathered by hand ; 

 October 23, six to eight inches high and still green. 



Plat A (5). — The last row on the west side of the plat was sown to Buffalo 



bunch grass (Festuca scahrella). Seed collected by Shear and Bessey in Colorado 



in 1898. Seed sprouted, but the young plants died as a result of the drought. 



'The second row from the west was sown to Langsdorff's reed-bent grass {Cala- 



magrostis langsdorffli). Seed failed to germinate. 



Six rows near the west side of this plat were drilled to Safflower (Carthamus 

 tinctorius). Seed drilled May 10 ; sprouted and xip May 21. Seed came from 

 Professor Hansen, of the South Dakota Agricultural College. Grew to be two 

 or three feet high. Seed ripened in September. This plant is grown in Russia 

 for the oil extracted from the seed. 



Rows 9 and 10 from the west were sown to "Pajsa" No. 493. Seed failed to 

 germinate. 



The east four-fifths of this plat were sown broadcast to short-awned brome 

 grass (Bromus breviaristatus). Seed collected by Mr. Griffiths in Wyoming in 

 1898. Sown May 10 ; sprouted and iTp May 24. The plat was mowed July 29 to 

 kill weeds. This grass made a good stand, and on October 23 it was two to three 

 inches high and still green. 



Plat A (6). — This plat was drilled to King's fescue (Festuca kingii) . Seed col- 

 lected by Williams and Griffiths in Wyoming in 1898. Sown May 12 ; sprouted 

 and up May 24. This grass made a good stand. The dry weather did not seem 

 to affect it. October 23, the plants were three to four inches high and still 

 bright green. 



Plat A (7). — This plat was selected as a site for the seed house and only part 

 of it sown to three kinds of imported millets. Two of these failed to germinate. 

 The millet that grew was a black broom-corn millet (South Dakota Experiment 

 Station No. H-9). This millet made a good growth, 24 to 30 inches in height, 

 and was not badly affected by the dry weather ; ripened, and was cut August 

 12. It yielded a quantity of seed but no reliable estimate of the yield per 

 acre could be made on such a small piece of ground. This is evidently the same 

 as the millet grown on plat C-12. 



Plat A (8).— The first four rows on the east side of this plat were sown to the 

 woodland rye-grass (Elymus glaucus) . Seed collected by Williams and Griffiths 

 in 1898. Drilled May 11; sprouted and up May 28. August 5 it was eight to 

 ten inches high and of a bright green color. October 24 still bright green. The 

 fifth and sixth rows in this plat were drilled to bearded wheat grass (Agropyron 

 caninum) . Seed collected by Shear and Bessey in Colorado in 1898. Seed drilled 

 May 11, but failed to germinate. , 



