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Forty-eight packages of rescue grass have been distributed since 

 189(), and 10 experimenters have reported, recording four faihires, one 

 unsatisfactory, one excellent, and four good results. 



The following are some of the reports that have been received: 



Messrs. W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Do^lestown, Bucks County, Pa. : 



A rich, loamy soil was plowed, harrowed, and hand ranked. The seed was sown 

 in shallow drills on May 4, 1898. The stand was good and left until the following 

 season, the tops being removed, but its height not ascertained. On September 22 

 there was a good stand and fine growth, with quite a good lot of seed heads. At 

 this time (November) it seems to be identical with Bromu.'i ^chraderi, and has made 

 a much stronger growth than the sample of Bromus hreviaristatus sent us. 



Mr. H. T. Fuchs, Tiger Mill, Burnet County, Tex.: 



The land was plowed once and the seed sown at different times throughout the 

 year. The seed sown in the fall after the first rain, about October or November, did 

 the best. It grew much better on cultivated land than I ever !<aw it grow 1 )efore. In its 

 native state here it comes up in the fall and grows all winter, then goes to seed in 

 May or April, and as soon as the seed ripens and drops, the grass dies. The crop of 

 rescue grass was cut while the sun was very hot, and it cured in one day. As it is 

 never all in full bloom at one time, but flowers gradually head after head, it is diffi- 

 cult to set the best time for cutting. If well cured it is liked very much by horses, 

 cattle, and other stock. This grass is quite valuable, especially because it is hardly evel- 

 injured by frost, and comes up where nothing else is growing. It makes a splendid 

 range for hogs and other stock during the winter. Poultry are also fond of it in winter. 



SHORT-AWNED BROME GRASS (Bromus breviaristatus) . 



An erect, robust, native grass, "i to 4 feet high, with luimerous 

 large leaves and long, closely appressed branches to the panicle. 

 In Wyoming and Montana it occurs in the open woods among the 

 mountains, where it sometimes forms meadow-like tracts of consider- 

 able extent at an altitude of from 5,000 to 8,000 feet. It has been 

 introduced and grown for a number of years in central and western 

 Iowa, where, under favorable conditions, two crops may be cut in a 

 single season. In Colorado it is found to be valuable in the native 

 meadows at an altitude of from 6,000 to 9,500 feet. Short-awned 

 bronie grass produces an abundance of leaves, which are well liked b}" 

 stock. Although not so valuable as the smooth brome grass, yet it is 

 worthy of being extensively tried, especially in meadows at high alti- 

 tudes. Its cultivation has been carried on to some extent in the North- 

 west, with ver}^ promising results. 



In the grass garden of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C, this grass makes a ver}" promising growth. As early as March 

 28 there is a nice even growth from 4 to 6 inches high. In June, when 

 about li feet high, it blooms, and after being cut produces a dense, 

 vigorous, leafy growth, 1^ feet high, which is not affected by the drv, 

 summer weather, and continues to afford good pasture along into 

 November and December without being injured b}- frosts. 



