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INDEX 



Blue-grass Hay, Quality of . . . 90, 96 



Stage to cut 34 



yield 93,96 



Blue-grass Pastures 43, 96-101 



Bluestem (Agropyron occiden- 



tale) 189,190 



compared with timothy 88 



hay, rated on Western mar- 

 kets 219 



" Bottom " Grasses 150 



Brome-grass (Bromus inermis) 



164-175 



distribution 164-168 



hay 168-169 



hay, Stage to cut. . . 33-34, 168-169 



in Eastern States 165-168 



in the Pacific Northwest 9, 164-168 



longevity 14 



pasture 43, 168 



pasture with alfalfa 47, 168 



popular names 171 



seed, Native vs. imported. 170-171 



seeding 170 



seed production 169-171 



varieties 232, 233 



Bromus carinatus 178 



inermis. See Brome-grass. 



marginatus 173 



secalinus. See Cheat. 

 unioloides. See Rescue-grass. 



Broom-corn Millets (Panicum 

 miliaceum) 114-116 



Broom-sedge (Andropogon vir- 

 ginicus) 51 



Buffalo-grass (Bulbilis dacty- 

 loides) for lawns 200 



Bunch-grass (Agropyron diver- 

 gens) 187 



Canada Blue-grass (Poa com- 



pressa) 101-102 



for lawns 200, 201, 203 



name incorrectly used 176 



Canada Thistle (Cnicus arvensis), 

 Effect of millet on 108 



Canada Field Pea 11 



Carpet-grass (Panicum com- 



pressum) 185 



distribution 188 



for lawns 203 



Cereals, for hay 9, 10 



for pasture 43, 45-46 



Chcetochloa sp. See Foxtail 

 Millets. 



Cheat (Bromus secalinus) 173 



Chess. Same as Cheat. 



Clover, Areaof 12 



crops per year 87 



seeding 15,82-87 



yield 12 



Cnicus arvensis. See Canada 

 Thistle. 



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Coarseness as related to feed 



value 159 



Cock'sfoot. See Orchard-grass. 

 Colorado Grass (Panicum tex- 



anum) 118-119 



Commercial fertilizers, made 

 necessary by system of 



farming 4 



forgrass lands 21, 53-55 



Common Millet 111,112 



Cotton as a pasture plant 43 



Cow-peas ( Vigna sinensis), 10, 1 1 , 107 

 Crab-grass (Panicum sangui- 



nale) 185-186 



Creeping Bent (Agrostis stoloni- 



fera). for lawns 205 



Curing hay 34-37 



Cynodon dactylon. See Ber- 

 muda Grass 

 Cutting hay. See Hay. 



Dactylis glomerata. See Or- 

 chard-grass. 



Distichlis maritima. See Salt- 

 grass. 



Dry lands, Grasses for 197 



Elymus condensatus. See Giant 



Rye-grass. 

 English Blue-grass (Festuca 



pratensis) 176 



English Rye-grass (Lolium 



perenne) 179-181 



failure in timothy region 16 



importance in Europe 16 



Erigeron strigosus. See White- 



'weed. 

 European grasses in United 



States 16 



Fads, Grass 



Fern, weed on the Pacific Coast. 52 



Fertilizers, effect on weeds 49 



for lawns 214-215 



(See also Commercial Fertiliz- 

 ers and Manures.) 



Fescues, for lawns 203 



Festuca australis, for lawns 203 



duriuscula, for lawns 203 



heterophylla, for lawns 203 



ovina, for lawns 203 



pratensis. See Meadow-fescue. 

 pratensis var. elatior. See 

 Tall Fescue. 



rubra. for lawns 203 



tenuifolia, for lawns 203 



Flowers of the grasses 236-242 



Forage crops, Area of 1 



Distribution of 11 



Fowl Meadow-grass (Poa scro- 



tina) 150,193-194 



Foxtail Millets (Chcetochloa sp.) 



111-114 



