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Mr. Ellis M. Cameron, Post Falls, Kootenai County, Idaho: 



The seed was received very late and did not have a fair chance, but it came up 

 evenly and maintained a strong, vigorous growth all through the extremely hot 

 weather until destroyed by grasshoppers. It is the most vigorous grass I have ever 

 tested in this country and is a very valuable forage plant. 



Mr. W. H. H. Phillips, Brookings, Brookings County, S. Dak. : 



I am very much pleased with this grass. I judge that it would produce at least 2 

 tons of hay per acre. It crowded out every weed and other grass, and even took a 

 good hold on a small piece of sod. We need such a grass for our weedy pastures. 



RHODE ISLAND BENT GRASS (Agrostis canina.)i 



This species of bent grass was introduced from Europe, and is now 

 cultivated to some extent in the Eastern States for lawns, golf links, 

 tennis courts, polo grounds, and occasionally for permanent meadows 

 and pastures. In beauty and texture it is surpassed only b}^ the creep- 

 ing bent. The seed ma}^ be sown from the middle of April to the 

 middle of May, or from the middle of August to the middle of Septem- 

 ber. If sown iu the spring, it should be done as early as the land is 

 in suitable condition, in order that the young plants may become 

 sufficiently weU established to withstand the often dry and hot summer 

 mouths. The seed should be scattered evenly over the surface, and 

 not covered by more than one-eighth of an inch of earth. 



Since 1896 seed of this variety has been sent to forty-six experi- 

 menters, eight of whom have sent in reports, and only one of these is 

 favorable. Most of the others failed to get the seed to germinate sat- 

 isfactorily. These failures are in some instances due to requests for 

 seed to be sown in parts of the South and Southwest, where it would be 

 almost impossible without the greatest care to get a stand of this grass. 

 In others they are due to the small quantity of seed (1 quart) sent 

 out, and the difficulty in recognizing the 3"oung plants, which are very 

 small. When seeding down a lawn, a liberal quantity should always be 

 used. As a rule, about li pounds to 100 square yards or .3 to 4 bushels 

 per acre is sufficient, poor land requiring more seed than fertile land. 



The following report has been received: 



Mr. James Hines, Anaconda, Teller County, Colo. : 



A good, black, well-prepared sandy loam was used. The seed was sown about 

 the middle of June. It is doing nicely, and has not winterkilled. 



CREEPING BENT (Agrostis stolonifera) 



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A fine-leafed, hardy, native, perennial grass with long, prostrate, or 

 creeping stems, which spread very rapidly and form an excellent vel- 

 vety turf for lawns. In texture it far surpasses any of the other lawn 

 grasses. The color of the lawn produced by it is somewhat lighter 



* See "Lawns and Lawn Making," by F. Lamson-Scribner, in Yearbook of Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for 1897, p. 355. 

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