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Fig. H3. Swamp grasses in western Iowa, along the Missouri. Phraquites and Phalaris. 



prevailirg are somewhat different from those in a pas'ure as it 

 is not cropped by live stock. It is, however, cut two and three 

 times a year. There can be no question that a pasture treated 

 carefully aid judiciously will show a continuous improvement 

 from year to year. It is a mistaken policy to destroy a blue 

 grass pasture when it is once well started. It should be 

 retained. It may be maintained at a much less expense than 

 when planted with corn. Though it may produce little most 

 seasons during the months of July and August, yet taken year 

 after year it is much more profitable than an acre of corn. 

 Timothy, of course, is not adapted for pasture purposes, and 

 may be turned under after the second season. Hungarian brome 

 grass though not tried extensively as a pasture grass will, no 

 doubt, prove much more valuable for the pasture than timothy. 

 Mr. MacKay* who has had some experience with this grass 

 in the northwest territories says it is well adapted for grazing 

 purposes. 



*Rep. Experimental Farms. 1896:396. 



