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Durini^- the surniiior of liMJi Professor llitchcock. uiukw instruc- 

 tions from the then Agrostologist, Prof. F. Jviunson-Scribner. visited 

 the States of Kansas, Nebraska. Colorado, "\V3^oniini?. Utah, Nevada. 

 California, Oregon, Wasliintrton, and Idaho for the purpose of study- 

 ing conditions with reference to cultivated forage crops. In the course 

 of his investigations he visited the experiment stations of the above 

 States and interviewed many farmers and ranclnucii. fi'om some of 

 whom he received nmch valual)le information. C'onsi(l('ral)le informa- 

 tion was also obtained from seedsmen and from deaU'rs in grain and 

 hay and farm machinery. The accompanying paper is a resume of 

 the information thus obtained. It is recognized that in a large section 

 of country rather sparsely settled, and particularly one in which agri- 

 culture is a recent develo})ment, many farmers and others have learned 

 much that would be valuable to others in the same section of country. 

 The principal ol)ject of this paper is to make common property of the 

 individual knowledge of various farmers, ranchmen, and others, so that 

 each may benefit by the experience of others. This is particularly 

 important in a new country such as the region described herein. 



The paragraph relating to the "Inland Empire" and the last para- 

 graph of the section devoted to velvet grass were written by the 

 Agrostologist; otherwise the paper is entirely the work of Professor 

 Hitchcock. 



W. J. Spillman, 



Agrostologist. 



Office of the Agrostologist, 



Washington, 1). 6'., October 1.^, 1902. 



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