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1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



ance on the subject and feel certain that if a few car-loads of brome hay were pressed 

 and sent in there on trial, a market would soon be created for it. I have a knoll on 

 my irrigated land which cannot be reached by gravity and I, therefore, decided to seed 

 it down with grass suitable for arid districts and picked on brome. This patch covers 

 about eight acres, or a little less. The land was seeded down in 1897, I have forgotten 

 just now the exact quantity of seed I used per acre. It was, however, below ten pounds. 

 I got a good sample of hay the first year and cut about a ton per acre in 1898. In 

 1S99, I cut about a ton and three-quarters per acre, and in 1900, I cut for seed. The 

 latter cutting yielded me 3,300 lbs. of seed, which I sold at 11 cents per pound, re- 

 ceiving $368.50, and as I had an abundance of feed, I sold this brome straw, 15 tons, 

 for $3 per ton. The eight acres gave me a return of $413.50 all told.' — C. W. Peterson. 



