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Mr. Emory Vine, Miles City, Custer County: 



The seed should be sown about March 26; then harrowed and irrigated after 

 sowing. The soil, a gumbo clay loam, was plowed and harrowed in the usual way 

 before seeding. When used for hay it should be harvested about 20th to 25th of 

 June and for seed about 1st of August. It blooms about the 20th to 25th of June 

 and ripens about August 1. The quality of product is good, and stock eat it readily. 

 There is much to be learned about this grass. It will surely make a crop with less 

 moisture than any other grass. 



Mr. C. H. Williams, Deer Lodge, Deer Lodge County: 



A sandy soil of granite formation was plowed 4 inches deep. The seed was sown 

 broadcast on May 15, 1898, and covered lightly with a harrow and irrigated once. 

 It is good for pasture and succeeds well on dry soil. It will probably be useful to 

 reclaim ranges, but the yield is too light to be profitable for hay. 



Mr. C. C. Willis, Plains, Missoula County: 



The seed was sown May 4, 1898, on land plowed April 15, and harrowed fine. 

 After sowing the land was thoroughly harrowed and rolled. The soil, which was a 

 sandy loam underlaid with clay, had formerly been planted with bunch grass. Seeds 

 formed in the heads about August 1 and ripened August 15. The yield is about IJ 

 tons per acre. The grass will do well on our bench lands if properly jjut in. It 

 seems to stand dry weather well and grew from 18 inches to 2 feet high. 



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Mr. H. S. Chapman, Pawnee City, Pawnee County: 



A rich black loam was plowed and pulverized and sown with a drill on May 20, 

 1898. A thick mat of grass blades appear very early in the spring. It is a good 

 pasture grass, but worthless for hay, as it is a low blady grass. It throws out a 

 slender seed stalk about 14 inches high and produces an abundance of seed. 



Mr. W. S. Delano, Lee Park, Custer County: 



The seed was sown broadcast on May 14, 1898, and covered by light harrowing. 

 One-third of the seed was sown with barley. The ground had been plowed in spring 

 and cultivated with a harrow. The field was clipped with a mower except where sown 

 with barley. The grass planted in barley was almost a total failure. It made a very 

 good stand where sown alone, but the growth was light on account of drought. The 

 brome-grass was pastured in spring of 1899, and then later a crop of hay was mowed 

 July 10. After this cutting it top dried and died down. In October it started again 

 from the crown, and at this date (October 31) it is 3 inches high. It is an excellent 

 pasture grass, starting earlier in the spring than alfalfa, and thickens into a solid turf. 

 All stock like it, and it promises to be an excellent grass for this section. 



Mr. C. H. Searle, Edgar, Clay County: 



The seed waa sown broadcast about the end of April, 1898, on well-prepared black, 

 loamy soil. The weather was very dry in July and August, and I was afraid that 

 the grass was dead. However, it came out all right this spring very early, but did 

 not make a heavy growth. 



Mr, A. Shirley, Weeping Water, Cass County: 



The grass was sown broadcast May 1, 1898, on black loam bottom land that had 

 been plowed and harrowed till smooth. The tops of the weeds were clipped May 20. 

 When harvested September 20 the grass was 18 inches high. About 1^ tons of hay 

 per acre are produced of extra good quality. I consider it one of the best grasses for 

 hay and pasture ever introduced into this neighborhood. It stands drought well. 



