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frost well, but requires a little more irrigating than timothy. I think it will make a 

 better fall pasture than timothy. It was cut for seed August 1-5, 1898. I consider 

 this a valuable grass, as it will stand any amount of dry weather and not die out, and 

 will start growing as soon as irrigated. It grows tall, does not lodge easily, and 

 makes very good early pasture in the spring. 



Mr. Kirk Dyer, Little Medicine, Albany County: 



The seed was sown April 20, 1898, after spring wheat and harrowed in. The soil 

 is clayey loam that has been in cultivation several years. It was highly fertilized 

 with barnyard manure and in excellent condition. The wheat was cut September 1, 

 and there was a nice, thick stand of Bromus inermis probably 6 to 10 inches high. 

 The experiment is encouraging and the progress of the crop fully equal to timothy 

 the first year. 



Mr. W. R. Williams, Tensleep, Bighorn County: 



The seed was sown May 20, 1898, on ground plowed 5 inches deep, leveled nicely, 

 and the seed covered with a harrow. The soil is red gypsum with a deep su})soil 

 and was in good condition. Tlie grass was irrigated three times. I got a good stand, 

 but can not tell much about the value of the grass the first year. 



RESCTJE GRASS (Bromus unioloides.) 



An erect, strong-growing annual or perennial grass, 1 to 3 feet high, 

 with numerous long, tender, broad leaves, usualh^ spreading panicles 

 and large, much flattened, drooping spikelets. It is known also as 

 Schrader's brome, Australian oats, Australian brome, and Arctic grass, 

 and is a native of South America and the southwestern portion of the 

 United States. As a rule rescue grass dies the first year after seeding, 

 but if it is grazed closely and not allowed to go to seed it may be used 

 as pasture for two or three years. During the dry summer weather 

 the tips of the leaves turn yellow, but this does not injure the mass of 

 foliage, which remains green and produces fine forage. There are now 

 several forms of this species which vary according to the height of 

 the plant, breadth of the leaves, and the abundance of seed produced 

 on the panicle. In the grass garden of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, rescue grass produces excellent 

 pasturage throughout the summer and fall. It seems to be perennial 

 here, as several plats that ha\'e been growing in the garden for several 

 years continue to produce an abundance of dense pasturage every sea- 

 son. The leaves are slightly injured by frosts in early spring and fall. 

 A second growth of 6 inches or more comes up about August 4, 

 after the hay has been cut. 



In California it is considered one of the best and most useful grasses 

 for dry lands, being the earliest and best winter-growing grass. As 

 it makes its chief growth during the colder months of the year, it has 

 come to be regarded as one of the best winter grasses for the South. 

 The seed may bo sown in August or September at the rate of from 30 

 to 40 pounds to an acre. 



