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under such conditions to sow large quantities of seed, 

 as the moisture is not enough to sustain a dense sward. 

 In the irrigated districts toward the mountains, Rus- 

 sian bronie grass, alone or with alsike and white clover, 

 would make excellent permanent pasture. 



For the Upper Mississippi Basin. — For the states in 

 this group, see p. o4:7. In eastern Minnesota, all of 

 Wisconsin, much of Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa, the 

 best j>ernianent pasture grass is Kentucky blue ; in east- 

 ern ^N'orth and South Dakota and in a part of Xebraska, 

 Russian brome, and in Kansas and part of Missouri, 

 orchard grass and in some localities Russian brome. 

 In northeastern ^linnesota and also in northern Wiscon- 

 sin, Kentucky blue i>rass and white clover make excel- 

 lent pennanent pasture and in the same medium red 

 clover will endure for a term of years. 



In the blue grass region of the area named nr»rth of 



parallel 40 degrees, the following combination of grasses 



may be expected to give good results : 



Lbs. per Acre. 



Timothy 4 



Redtop 6 



Russian brome 4 



Orchard grass 2 



Meadow fescue 2 



Tall oat grass 2 



Medium red clover 2 



Mammoth clover 2 



Total 24 



South of parallel 40 and also in the blue grass re- 

 gion, the above formula should be changed to that given 

 below : 



Grasses — 2.5. 



