clovers, particularly alsike and mammoth red clover, have given 

 very satisfactory results and the same may be said regarding tim- 

 othy, meadow fescue, and tall meadow oat-grass. Smooth brome 

 grass has produeed the same excellent results here that it has given 

 elsewhere in tb (Northwest and gives promise of being to the drier 

 sections of this re; ;ion what the blue grass is to Kentucky and tim- 

 othy is to the northern States. Of the more recent introductions the 

 Japanese wheat grass promises to be of great value, particularly 

 for winter pasturage, while the varieties of alfalfa from Turkestan 

 and northern Africa seem to possess great powers of adaptability to 

 the conditions which prevail in the semiarid regions. 



Some of the best results have been secured from our native grasses. 

 A species of brome, closely related to the rescue grass, has given 

 good yields of seed and forage and seems likely to prove as valuable 

 for the Pacific coast as rescue grass is for the South. Several of the 

 native wheat grasses show wonderful adaptability to cultivation and 

 are destined to assume an important place on our list of forage-pro- 

 ducing plants. Four of these deserve especial mention, namely, 

 western wheat grass {Agropyr^on spicatum), meadow wheat grass 

 {A. pseudorepens), slender wheat grass {A. tenerum), and bunch 

 wheat grass {A. divergens). The first three species are suitable for 

 meadows and may be grown either with or without irrigation. The 

 bunch wheat grass is a native of the dry uplands and is likely to 

 prove one of the best grasses for reclaiming the worn-out ranges. 

 The plants thrive under conditions of extreme drought and afford 

 excellent pasturage for all kinds of stock. This is the bunch grass 

 of the great grazing regions west of the Rocky Mountains, and for- 

 merly occupied extensive areas affording much pasturage. Another 

 native grass which does well under cultivation and which will un- 

 doubtedly prove valuable in reseeding the ranges is blue grama, 

 known in Montana as buffalo grass. It is perfectly hardy, responds 

 quickly to cultivation, resists trampling of stock, and affords 

 first-class grazing. Under favorable conditions of soil and moisture 

 it may also be cut for hay. This grass, however, has one drawback 

 in that the seeds are difficult to handle in the various harvesting and 

 seeding operations. 



Of the annual grasses Japanese barnyard millet and black Russian 

 broom-corn millet are most deserving of special mention. Both of 

 these made excellent yields of forage and seed and are of undoubted 

 value to this section. 



In addition to the above-mentioned grasses and forage plants which 

 may be regarded as of undoubted value to the Pacific coast region, 

 about twenty sorts were successfully grown at Walla Walla, the 

 present season, but further experimentation is necessary to decide as 

 to their real value. Most of these, while they made a good growth 



