4 CONTENTS. 



The culture and uses of brome-grass^Continued. Page. 



Mixtures of brome-grass with other grasses 55 



Uses and value 56 



Pasture 56 



Hay 57 



Seed 58 



Harvesting the seed 59 



Thrashing 59 



Yield of seed 60 



Stravr 60 



Use in rotation . 60 



Prepai'ation of hronie-grass meadows for other crops 61 



Miscellaneous uses Gl 



The agricultui-al extension of brome-grass 62 



Summary - 62 



Index ^.^ 65 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES. 



Page. 



I'late I. Delphinium trolliifolium Gray 6 



II. Cotton seeds with fibers attached. A and B. — Cotton seeds with 

 fibers combed out to show uniformity and nonuniformity in 

 the length of the fibers. C. — Lock of Griffin cotton stretched 

 so as to show iioints of origin of longer fil)ers 14 



III. Seeds of cotton combed out to show the so-called longer fibers. 



A. — Columliia variety. /?. — Griffin variety 14 



IV. Fig. 1. — Alfalfa seed of good quality. Fig. 2. — Im])orted alfalfa 

 seed of low grade. Fig. 3. — Red clover seed of good quality. 



Fig. 4. — Imported red clover seed of low grade 18 



V. Fig. 1. — A panicle of brome-grass (Bromus iiici-iuix) in full 

 bloom. Fig. 2.^A single jilant of brome-grass {Broniiis 

 inermis) 52 



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



Stacking bi"ome-grass in North Dakota 58 



VIT. Seeds of brome-grass 60 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fu:. 1. Single cotton fibers from the so-called longer group of fibers 14 



2. A few extra-long cotton fibers, showing two fibers united 14 



3. Cotton fibers tied together, very much magnified 15 



4. High-grade red clover seed compared with low-grade red clover 



seed (diagram) 29 



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