8 CONTENTS. 



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Pastures and meadows 42 



Native grasses - - 42 



Care of native pastures and meadows - 43 



Tame pastures at the Nebraska Experiment Station 44 



The seed bed for grasses and clovers ,45 



Annual forage crops - 45 



Sorghum - - 45 



Millet -- - 46 



Co\Vpea. - 47 



Small grains 48 



Corn 48 



Soy bean 49 



Rape - 50 



Canada field pea - - 50 



Vetch - 50 



Plants which can not be recommended 51 



Index of grasses and forage plants : - 57 



Description of plates 64 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



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Plate I. Grass garden, Nebraska Experiment Station Frontispiece. 



II. Alfalfa showing nitrogen-gathering tubercules 64 



III. Fig. 1 . — Brome-grass, sown in the autumn. Fig. 2. — Alfalfa, sown in 



the autumn 64 



IV. Fig. 1. — Brome-grass, fertilized and imfertilized. Fig. 2. — Field of 



orchard grass 64 



V. Fig. 1. — Brome-grass. Newly turned sod. Fig. 2. — Brome-grass. 



A hay field ....." 64 



VI. Fig. 1. — Side-oats grama, grown from seed. Fig. 2. — Elymus 



canadensis, grown from seed 64 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. — Localities in Nebraska where prairie haj* is grown 9 



2. — Localities in Nebraska where millet is grown 9 



3. — Localities in Nebraska where alfalfa is grown 10 



4. — Localities in Nebraska where clover is grown 11 



5.— Localities in Nebraska where tame grasses are grown. 12 



6. — Localities in Nebraska where coarse forage is grown 12 



7. — Normal annual rainfall for Nebraska 13 



8. — Normal rainfall in Nebraska during the growing season, April to 



September 14 



