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sown with a nurse crop it did not grow until the nurse crop was harvested, then it 

 grew well. It yields about 2 to 2^ tons per acre. In quality it is very good where 

 pastured, cattle going long distances to find it. It is well established as the grass for 

 North Dakota. It takes kindly to the soil and is the earliest grass in the spring, 

 even earlier than the bunch or buffalo grass, and is green in the autumn when the 

 wild prairie grass is brown. It has been sown by many farmers this year in small 

 parcels from 5 to 40 pounds, and will be increased by all next year. 



OHIO. 



Mr. J. E. Wing, Mechanicsburg, Champaign County: 

 A white-oak clay soil was slightly manured, plowed, and well prepared. The seed 

 was sown with alfalfa May 20, 1898. It looks very thrifty and promising, with a 

 dense leafy undergrowth. I expect it to be of great value to use with alfalfa. 



OREGON. 



Capt. Joseph Dawson, Bay City, Tillamook County: 



A black sandy loam was well manured, plowed 6 inches deep, and rough harrowed 

 once. The seed was sown May 4, 1898, by first sowing oats, harrowing once and 

 then sowing the brome grass broadcast on the same ground. The land was then cross- 

 harrowed and the ground smoothed with a clod-masher, and let alone to grow till 

 harvest time. On August 20, 1898, I secured a heavy crop of grass. It matured as 

 much as the seedsmen claim it will do the first year. I kept the live stock off of it 

 for fear they would tear or tramp it out during the rainy season. When our heavy 

 fogs came inland it died down to the ground. In February, 1899, we had frost 10° 

 above zero. When harvest time came 1 could not see a single head of it. Since the 

 fall rain has come it has sprouted again. The longest stem I could find was 10 inches 

 high. The present status agrees with all I have read about, namely, not much growth 

 the first year, but will mature the second year. 



Mr, W. A. Wintermeier, Silvies, Harney County: 



A decayed lava and clay soil was used. The ground was plowed 10 inches deep, 

 leveled off and harrowed, and the seed sown the 1st of May. After sowing, the ground 

 was harrowed again and rolled. The grass grew from 3 to 12 inches high, forming a 

 good thick stand. It does not grow very tall, but forms a heavy sod. We have bad 

 some very cold weather, but the grass is still green. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Mr. H. C. Bockoven, Clark, Clark County: 



The seed was sown broadcast on April 10, 1898, and harrowed in. The soil was a 

 black loam in good condition and was plowed and harrowed. The grass bloomed 

 June 2.5, was ripe July 15, and was harvested on the latter date. The quality of 

 the product was good, and it seems to be a valuable grass for a dry climate. It 

 grows well and stands the dry weather better than most other grasses. It has 

 a large amount of leaf growth at the bottom, making it valuable for pasture as well 

 as hay. 



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



A black loamy soil was plowed in the fall of 1897, well harrowed, and the brome 

 seed sown by hand about April 17, 1898. It was cut the last week in July with the 

 binder for seed. There would have been probably from 1 J to 2 tons of -fine hay. 

 It covered the ground well in August, 1898, and was green until December. It is a 

 very promising grass. I shall distribute some seed to a few good farmers and sow 

 the rest on my land in 1900. 



