FORAGE CROPS, MEADOWS AND PASTURES 



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to the desirable indigenous species as by including their commercial 

 counterparts in the mixture. The commercial permanent grasses are far 

 more valuable for say 4-6 year leys than they are for permanent grass as 

 such. 



Poa spp. and Cynosurus cristahis to some extent tide a field over its 

 critical third and fourth years in proportion to the sowing, but in the later 

 years the amount of the original seeding becomes of small significance 

 compared to the influence of proper manuring and general management. 

 Speaking generally pasture conditions favour the valuable indigenous 

 species better than meadow conditions. On poor soils especially we are 

 accumulating evidence to show that rape (folded on the land) is a much 

 better nurse than oats or barley (removed from the field). 



3) Our indigenous herbage plants offer a promising field for study. 

 Nor should modern investigators confine their attention to grasses and 

 clovers onlj-, with the exception of but a few miscellaneous herbs. The 

 authors of the present paper have been struck in the course of their work 

 by the extent to which such plants as J uncus squarrosus, J. Gerardi, J. 

 articulatus, Bellis perennis, and Statice maritima, are relished by stock. 



It is, however, most desiderable to study the locally successful varieties 

 of Festuca ovina, Festuca rubra, (with the other fine leaved fescues), Poa 

 trivialis, Poa pratensis, Lolitmi perenne, and Cynosurus crisfatus, with a 

 view to estimating their relationship to the commercial counterparts and 

 if necessary with a view to establishing local supplies of the indigenous 

 seed. 



The plants occuring in the district studied are given in classified lists 

 of primary, secondary, locally secondary, locally exotic and exotic species. 



A bibliography of 20 references is appended. 



1278 - Comparative Yields of Hay from Several Varieties and Strains of Alfalfa in 



South Dakota, U. S. A. — Hume a. N. and Champlin M., in South Dakota State College 

 of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 163, 

 pp. 282-243. Brookings, South Dakota, January 1916. 



Various kinds of alfalfa were tested at the Stations at Brookings, 

 Highmore, Eureka and Cottonwood from 1913 to 1915. 



The following results were obtained from strains of Medicago sativa, 

 tested on plots of one tenth acre in extent. 



strain 



South Dakota 

 number 



Serial plant 



introduction 



number 



Vale . . . 

 Grimm . . 

 Turkestan . 



22 

 162 

 240 



29 988 

 981 



