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GRASSES OP IOWA. 

 BROME GRASSES. 



Among the brome grasses there are several importatt for- 

 age plants. Much attention has recently been given to 

 Hungarian brome or awnless brome grass {Bromus inermis, 

 Leyss). Stebler and Schroter*, writing in 1882, state: "This 



Fig. 159. HuDgarlan Brome Grass, (Bromus inermis). The best of all tke 

 recently introduced grasses. May be used In meadow and pasture. 

 (Div. of Agrost. U. S. Dept. of Agrl.) 



must be a good fodder grass, especially for sheep, because it 

 grows in the cattle-rearing districts of Aschersleben, renowned 

 for its exceedingly tetder mutton. Awnless brome grass has 

 only quite recently come into cultivation, more particularly in 

 Hungary." Its further history is given by Lamson-Scribner.f 



•1. C. 115. 



tEconomlc grasses. Bull. U. S. Dept. of Agr. Dlv. of Agrost. 14:23. 



