RESULTS OF EXPPZRIMENTS. 23 



jidvantaoe of silag-o is that the ])onefits derived from feeding" succulent 

 foruoe may be continued through the winter. As in the case of soil- 

 ing crops, silage is used chietl\' in connection with dair}^ farming. 1^3^ 

 far the best crop for the silo, where that crop can be raised, is green 

 corn. As it is not the i)urpose of this bulletin to deal particularl}^ 

 with this subject, the reader is referred for further information to 

 Faimers' Bulletin No. 3'2 of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture and to other publications dealing with silos and silage. 



RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS 

 AT THE NEBRASKA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



GKASSKS AND FORAGE PLANTS W'lIICH HAVE GIVEN SUCCESSFLT. RESULTS 

 OR ARE W^ORTHY OF FUHTIIEll TRIAL. 



Bromk-CtRAss. 



An extended account of brome-grass {Broiinis mermis) will be found 

 in Bulletin Bl of the Nebraska Station and also in Circular 18 of the 

 Division of Agrostology', United States Department of Agriculture. 

 This valuable grass has been tested over a wide area in the United 

 States, but it finds its best development in the region from Kansas 

 northward in the Great Plains, and west into Montana and eastern 

 Washington. It gives fair results east of this region, but in the 

 Eastern States is unable to compete with timothy and ))luegrass. In 

 the Southern States it has not given satisfactory results. 



Numerous trials of this grass have been made at the Nebraska Sta- 

 tion under varying conditions, both in combination with other grasses 

 and with alfalfa. In general the grass has given good results and has 

 shown that it is better adapted to the conditions obtaining in Nebraska 

 than any other of the cultivated forage grasses, with the exception of 

 meadow fescue and possibl}- orchard g-rass, both of which have given 

 good results.* 



A plot sown in the spring of 1897 (0.136 acre) yielded June 27, 1900, 

 580 pounds of haj^, or at the rate of 2.32 tons per acre. On April 8, 

 1901, as the grass was turning green, the east half of the plot was 

 disked. During the remainder of the season there seemed to be no 

 difference between the disked and undisked portions. In 1903, the 

 plot yielded 1.32 tons of hay per acre on June 10. Other plots yielded 

 at about the same rate. 



One plot sown in April, 1899, and giving a cutting of hay June 27, 



1900, at the rate of 3.8 tons per acre (220 pounds on 16i by 76 feet) 

 was treated October 5 with 300 pounds of well-rotted horse manure, 

 and the following spring wdth 10 pounds of sodium nitrate (Chile salt- 

 peter). On account of the drought no crop of hay was obtained in 



1901, but this plot Avas distinctl.y better in appearance than untreated 

 contiguous plots. June 16, 1903, the plot yielded 170 pounds of hay, 



