CONTENTS 



Introduction : 3 



Methods of culture 4 



Preparation of the seed bed 4 



Seeding 4 



Renewal of meadows G 



Mixtures of brouie-grass with other grasses 7 



Uses and value 8 



Pasture 8 



Hay 9 



Seed ___^ 10 



Harvesting the seed 11 



Thrashing 11 



Yield of seed ! 12 



Straw 12 



Use in rotation ^ 12 



Preparation of hronie-grass meadows for other crops 13 



Miscellaneous uses 13 



The agricultural extension of brome-grass : ^ 14 



Summary 14 



1 1. L U S T R A T I X S . 



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 Plate I. Fig. 1. — A panicle of brome-grass {Bromus incrmis) in full 



bloom. Fig. 2. — A single plant of brome-grass (Broiniis 



inermis) 4 



II. Fig. 1. — A field of brome-grass in North Dakota. Fig. 2. — 



Stacking brome-grass in North Dakota 10 



III. Seeds of brome-grass 12 



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