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until September. That spot is covered with alkali now, and so far as I know there has 
been no alkali there before. 
“The crop of hay on the # acre was very heavy, but the land being moist would 
cause a good crop in any case. Part of this year’s crop of Brome hay was grown on low 
places, upon which alkali is observed every year we plough them ; and in these places the 
crop was very heavy. As no record was taken of the yield on the alkaline spots, I 
cannot give any exact quantity per acre, but there was at least one-third more hay on 
them than on the ordinary land.”—| Angus Mckay. | 
“Urquhart, Alta., Nov.-—The 1-pound bag of seed received was sown June 11, on 330 
square yards of a field which had been sown with grain for the two previous years ; but 
in this particular position little or nothing had grown, the soil being alkaline clay, which 
is always baked hard in summer. The ground was ploughed in May and well harrowed, 
and again harrowed previous to the grass being sown, in order to destroy the weeds. 
The grass grew to a height of 16 inches, but not vigorously over all the ground, some 
patches being quite bare. It was green and fresh when all the surrounding grass on 
field and prairie was withered and dead from the early frost. It was not cut. I feel 
satisfied that it will be a capital grass for hay or pasture, and I intend to sow the whole 
field (7 acres) with this grass.”—|{P. McDonald. ] 
The above quotations suggest a special value in this most excellent grass which was 
not thought of at the time it was introduced. 
In certain parts of British Columbia, the two native species Bromus Pumpellianus, 
Scrib., which closely resembles B. inermis, and a large succulent species, B. brevi-aristatus 
Buckl., have been preferred by some growers and further experiments with these species 
are now being carried on. 
