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spring, about a week before planting. The grass was cut in August to increase root 

 development. The growth is tine and will make a record during the coming year. 

 This plat was sown in the poorest land on the farm — high, dry hill land, gravelly and 

 unlit for any other crop. The season was the driest and hottest during twenty years, 

 there being no rainfall during July, August, and half of September. The grass 

 should be planted extensively. I have a number one stand for next year, and I am 

 satisfied that it will make a tine crop of hay and also good late pasture. I can rec- 

 onmiend Bromus inermis as a truly wonderful plant for dry climates, producing fine 

 hay and pasturage. 



Mr. W. E. Lawrence, Toppenish, Yakima County: 



New bottom land was plowed 8 inches deep, then the seed was sown, harrowed 

 in, and rolled hard. At this date (October 2) it is getting thicker and furnishes more 

 pasture than any other grass grown here.. 



Prof. W. J. Spillman, State Experiment station, Pullman, Whit- 

 man County: 



The seed was sown on clay loam upland, 2,500 feet altitude, in good tilth. Three 

 years' experience indicates that this is the best grass for meadow and pasture for the 

 uplands of eastern Washington. I pastured 1.9 head of cows per day from May 13 

 to September 1, 1897, on one acre of this grass. Horses especially relish hay made 

 from it. 



Mr. Nelson Williams, Chewelah, Stevens County: 



The seed was sown broadcast May 2, 1898, on a sandy loam and harrowed in. 

 The land was comparatively new, at one time covered with timber, and was plowed 

 and harrowed before seeding. The grass was not cut, as it did not grow tall enough. 

 The growth was very slow, but there appears to be a good stand. 



WISCONSIN. 



Mr. J. F. Jensen, Waupaca, Waupaca County: 



The seed was sown broadcast on April 25, 1898, with a hand seeder and covered 

 with a light harrow. It was sown with oats as a nurse crop. The soil is clay loam, 

 and was fall plowed and well cultivated in spring before sowing. The grass made a 

 fair growth in the oats, although the season was a dry one. In 1899 the yield per 

 acre was about IJ tons of hay of good quality, even better than timothy. I think 

 this grass very valuable, especially for pasture, as it will make quite a growth very 

 early in the spring, before even timothy starts. It also grows very late in the fall 

 and forms a very thick sod. 



WYOMING. 



Mr. John Baugh, Carlile, Crook County: 



The seed was sown early in 1898. The whole season was so dry that it did little 

 more than come through the ground, and what few plants came up were too enfeebled 

 to do much. I have a small piece of the same grass in a favored place that gets well 

 wet in the spring. It yields a heavy crop each year. 



Mr. G. A. Bell, Hyattville, Bighorn County: 



The soil is a dark, sandy, river-bottom loam which had been in cultivation for 

 three years. One year ago it was manured heavily. The land had been plowed 8 

 inches deep. The seed was sown broadcast on April 10, 1898. The grass stands 

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