A WORD OF EXPLANATION 



The Intention of this Bulletin is primarily to answer 

 the questions of the man who wants to know about the 

 native grasses and grass-like plants of New Mexico. There 

 are three kinds of individuals interested in this. 1. The 

 man who is trying to make a living on a "dry farm" wants 

 information about pasture grasses. We have attempted to 

 recommend the grasses he finds already growing on his land 

 and to assist him in recognizing the bestt ones. 2, The 

 stockman who wants to know more about the grasses on his 

 range. There is bound to be an increasing number of 

 stockmen who will want to know about these grasses as the 

 business becomes more systematized and greater attention is 

 given to the proper care of the ranges. There is as much 

 difference between grasses as feeds as between any other 

 kinds of plants and the enterprising stockman will wish to 

 encourage the good ones and exterminate the bad ones on his 

 range, but to do this he must know most of them. 3. The 

 occasional student of plants, in school and out of it, who 

 wishes to know more about those of this State. There is al- 

 ready some call for this information and there will be much 

 more of it as more people come into the State. 



The Plan of the Bulletin is to present first, in as un- 

 technical language as possible, a discussion of the economic 

 importance of the grasses and grass-like plants of the Stat;; 

 and to follow that with a set of "keys" for the determination 

 of species and a list of the species, giving the geographical 

 and zonal distribution of each as completely as it is now 

 known. For the sake of completeness all species are included 

 but the technical part of the bulletin is put in smaller type 

 and the style of the type varied in order to make the whole 

 as usable as possible and indicate the relative economic or 

 scientific importance of the parts at a glance. 



