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sandy soils of the Lake Superior region and the soils 

 of the southern states that have been much worn. It 

 should prove satisfactory in such areas of the lower Mis- 

 sissippi basin as contain alluvial soils and more particu- 

 larly those that are considerably impregnated with. clay. 

 The highest centres of adaptation are probably found 

 in the states of Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and 

 Tennessee. In I^ew York and the ]^ew England states 

 it has long stood high in favor Avith the farmers, also 

 in certain parts of Ohio, Virginia, Kansas and some 

 other states. It grows well on the moist foothills of 

 the western mountain states and even in some of the 

 higher valleys, and without irrigation. Prof. H. T. 

 French has spoken well of its merits as a pasture grass 

 in certain parts of Idaho. West of the Cascade moun- 

 tains, except on gravelly soils, it grows with much lux- 

 uriance north of San Francisco. The western ranges 

 are probably the lowest in adaptation for orchard grass 

 of all the areas in the United States. 



In Canada, the highest adaptation for orchard grass 

 is found in the deep loam soils of Western Ontario, but 

 even in these it ,is not likely to supersede blue grass for 

 pasture or timothy for hay. In Quebec and in all the 

 maritime provinces of Canada it groAvs satisfactorily, the 

 soils being right, and along the Pacific it is quite at 

 home as far north as Alaska. But it is not likely that 

 it Avill eyer prove a decided success on the prairies be- 

 tween the Rocky mountains and Lake Superior. 



Soils. — Orchard grass grows best in deep, rich, moist 

 clay loam soils, possessed of a sufficiency of lime, but 

 it will also do Avell on sandy loam soils which rest on 



