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these respectively; this combination meets with con- 

 siderable favor. When Russian brome and western 

 rye are sown together use 9 and 9 pounds respectively. 

 This combination is specially adapted to areas where 

 the conditions are dry. When Russian brome, tim- 

 othy and western rye are sown together, about 6 pounds 

 of the seed of each would be ample to sow. Whether 

 clover in any of its varieties can be sown to advantage 

 in this area, or in any part or parts of it, to supplement 

 the grasses named, has yet to be demonstrated. 



For the Upper Mississippi Basin. This group of 

 states includes Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, 

 Missouri and eastern Kansas, Nebraska and a limited 

 portion of eastern North and South Dakota. 



In the northern portion of this area, the leading 

 grasses for temporary grazing and also for hay are 

 timothy, redtop, Russian brome, medium red and al- 

 sike clover. On the uplands, timothy and red clover 

 are more commonly sown, as in the states comprised 

 in the northeastern group. On the lowlands, timothy, 

 redtop and alsike clover are the grasses most frequently 

 sown. In portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin, in- 

 cluding much of eastern Minnesota and wide areas in 

 Wisconsin, once covered with hardwood forest, the adap- 

 tation of the soil for the various kinds of clover and 

 for blue grass is remarkably high. Hence, in these 

 areas blue grass and white clover come into the pas- 

 tures, when of any, considerable duration, without be- 

 ing sown. The same is true of blue grass in much 

 of the lowland soil. The adaptation of meadow fescue 

 and meadow foxtail have not been well tested in these 

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