BROKE GRASS 343 



Pasturing and harvesting 



For pasture, the brome grass will stand close 

 grazing, particularly on good lands, but if pastured 

 very late and close in the fall, the yield of the 

 next season's crop is likely to be reduced. 



In cutting for hay, it should be harvested when 

 fully in head, although for horses it may be cut 

 when the blooms have disappeared. Probably 

 the best time for cutting, as for other grasses, 

 is when the plants are in full bloom. The cut- 

 ting and curing does not differ from the methods 

 recommended for timothy, or the other better 

 known grasses. 



