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grazing in New Mexico and Texas. It is a common grass along the 

 Rio Grande and in the region between the Pecos and the Gila; also 

 in the Olympia, Guadalupe, and Eagle Mountains, and on the Staked 

 Plains in Texas. Blue or White Grama (Bouteloua oligostachya) . 

 This is one of the most abundant and most valued of the Grama 

 grasses, and extends from Wisconsin westward to California, and 

 southward into Texas and northern Mexico. It is a perennial, 6 to 

 18 inches high, its strong rhizomes and numerous root-leaves form- 

 ing dense and more or less extensive patches of excellent turf. In 

 Montana it is known as Buffalo-grass. It frequents the bench lands 

 of that State, growing at elevations of from 3,000 to 4,000 or 5,000 

 feet, and not infrequently covers wide areas. No other grass better 

 withstands the tramping of stock, and it is unsurpassed for grazing 

 purposes. Japanese wheat grass. (See hay.) Rescue-grass (Bro- 

 mm unioloides) . This Bromus is a strong-growing grass, with rath- 

 er broad, much flattened, usually bearded spikelets. It grows to the 

 height of 1 to 3 feet, and in the more vigorous plants the branches 

 of the nodding panicle are widely spreading. It grows rapidly, seeds 

 freely, and dies after seeding. If, by frequent mowing or close graz- 

 ing, it is prevented from going to seed, its duration may be continued 

 over two or three years or more. If the seeds are allowed to fall, as 

 they frequently do when mature, young plants soon appear, and a 

 fairly continuous growth of this grass may thus be maintained. 

 Smooth Brome. (See hay.) Buffalo grass (Bulbilis dactyloides) . 

 This is the true Buffalo-grass of the Great Plains region, which 

 is reported to have been much more abundant and more widely dis- 

 tributed in times past than it is at present. Now, however, it is 

 known to extend from the British Possessions southward into Texas, 

 where it is considered an invaluable grass and one of the best con- 

 stituents of sheep pastures. Windmill-grass (Chloris verticillata) . 

 A low, spreading perennial, with upright flowering branches 6 to 20 

 inches high. The small awned spikelets are in slender spikes, which 

 are crowded near the apex of the stems, and become widely spreading 

 at maturity. This grass is common in many places in central Texas, 

 New Mexico, Arizona, northward to Kansas, and by some is spoken 

 of very highly as an excellent grass for grazing, and one not easily 

 tramped out. Bermuda grass. (See hay.) Everlasting-grass 

 (Eriochloa punctata). A quick-growing, smooth, succulent peren- 

 nial, 2 to 3 feet high, with flat leaves and narrow panicles 2 to 4 

 inches long. Widely distributed within the tropical and subtropical 

 regions of both hemispheres. This grass deserves the attention of 

 Southern dairymen. In Arizona it grows throughout the valleys in 

 irrigated soil, or in the rich moist places of the plains, yielding abun- 

 dant herbage eagerly sought by all kinds of stock. Indian Millet 

 (Eriocoma cuspidata). A grass of rather striking appearance, 1 to 

 2 feet high, widely distributed throughout the Rocky Mountain 

 region from British America southward to Texas and New Mexico, 

 eastward to the Missouri, and westward to the Sierras of California. 

 It grows in dry, sandy soils, forming bunches of greater or less size, 

 from this habit of growth it has been called, along with a num- 



