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until September. That spot is covered with alkali now, and so far as I know there has 

 been no alkali there before. 



*' The crop of hay on the ^ acre was very heavy, but the land being moist would 

 cause a good crop in any case. Part of this year's crop of Brome hay was grown on low 

 places, upon which alkali is observed every year we plough them ; and in these places the 

 crop was very heavy. As no record waa taken of the yield on the alkaline spots, I 

 cannot give any exact quantity per acre, but there was at least one-third more hay on 

 them than on the ordinary land." — [Angus Mckay.] 



"Urquhart, Alta., Nov. — The 1-pound bag of seed received was sown June 11, on 330 

 square yards of a field which had been sown with grain for the two previous years ; but 

 in this particular position little or nothing had grown, the soil being alkaline clay, which 

 is always baked hard in summer. The ground was ploughed in May and well harrowed, 

 and again harrowed previous to the grass being sown, in order to destroy the weeds. 

 The grass grew to a height of 16 inches, but not vigorously over all the ground, some 

 patches being quite bare. It was green atid fresh when aXl the surrounding grass on 

 field and prairie was withered and dead from the early frost. It was not cut. I feel 

 satisfied that it will be a capital grass for hay or pasture, and I intend to sow the whole 

 field (7 acres) with this grass." — [P. McDonald.] 



The above quotations suggest a special value in this most excellent grass which was 

 Qot thought of at the time it was introduced. 



In certain parts of British Columbia, the two native species Bromus Fumpellianus, 

 Scrib., which closely resembles B. inermis, and a large succulent species, B. brevi-aristatvs 

 Buckl., have been preferred by some growers and further experiments with these species 

 ue now being carried on. 



