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Introduction 9 



Itinerary 10 



General aee< unit 11 



( 'hanges in the handling of the Washington ranges 14 



Conditii m and plants of the range , 15 



Meadows and hay crops 27 



Alfalfa 28 



Timothy and redtop 29 



Awnless brome 32 



Grain hay 33 



Cheat 34 



Root crops 34 



Native hay crops 35 



Wild wheat 35 



Bunch 1 (luegraas 35 



Giant rye grass 35 



Sprangle top 36 



Miscellaneous forage plants .' 36 



Reclamation of swamp lands 36 



Needs of the region 38 



Plants injurious to stock 41 



Weeds of meadows and pastures 41 



Diseases injurious to forage crops 43 



Ustilago hypodiles 43 



Ustilago scolochloa 43 



TiMetiafusca - 43 



Ustilago brom ivora 43 



I Milago striseformis 44 



Summary and suggestions 44 



Needs of the region 44 



Abuses 44 



Native grasses worthy of cultivation 45 



Wild wheat ( Elymus triticoides) 45 



Bunch bluegrass (Poa Isevigata) 45 



Short-awned brome (Bromus margiiudus) 45 



Mountain rye grass (Elymus glaucus) 45 



Bunch wheat grass (Agropyron spicatum inerme) 45 



Giant rye grass ( Elymus condensatus) 45 



Index of grasses and forage plants 47 



Description of plates - 52 



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