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<'Mr. Baugli has been experimentiug' two years, botli with and without 

 irrigation. He seems to think that the smooth brome-grass does not 

 thrive so well under irrigation. The effect of irrigation was really 

 quite peculiar. The irrigated portion of the plot was fresh and green 

 (middle of August) while the unirrigated portion, though it had made 

 a much better growth, was completely dried up. I am not certain but 

 that a thorough wetting at less frequent intervals would have produced 

 better results. He irrigates by means of a tank and windmill. The 

 water is conducted to the gar- 

 den by a pipe and the crop is 

 sprayed. All his garden truck 

 looked well. Cabbage and to- 

 matoes were especially fine." 

 In Colorado smooth brome has 

 done well under irrigation, 

 particularly when pastured. 



In Montana smooth brome 

 has received considerable at- 

 tention, and reports regarding 

 it are very satisfactory indeed. 

 Hon. Paris Gibson, of Great 

 Falls, says, ''In the experi- 

 ments I have made with new 

 forage plants I find Bronius 

 inermis the most hardy. It 

 api)ears in the spring much 

 earlier than our native 

 grasses." Similar reports 

 were received from Messrs. 

 M. W. Jones and E. Vine, of 

 Miles City, and from Director 

 Emery of the State Experi- 

 ment Station. Judging from 

 these reports and from the 

 excellent results already ob- 

 tained in growing this grass 

 in Canada, as well as in the 

 Dakotas and other Northwest- 

 ern States, it seems probable that smooth brome will prove of great 

 value for cultivation on the dry lands of the iS^orthwest. It should 

 be given a thorough trial, especially as a grass for reseeding worn 

 meadows and pastures. 



THE FESCUES. 



About the only fescue that seems to have been tried to any extent is 

 meadow fescue {Festuca elatior ^yraten.sis), and this is only occasionally 

 seen in cultivation— usually in mixture with other grasses or with 

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Fig. 7. — Sheep fescue {Fe.itnca ovinii). 



