AdKlCl'ITURAL ORASSKH OK MONTANA. 8T 



jHitchcs, or ihiii tufts, im ])iiu' luiriH-ii |>luins, wliert^ tlioro is 

 notliin^j elso to fei'd di'iT. 



IllymUD condciisa/iis ^towh in (liin chunijs, «»r siiuill, sciittt'nMl 

 l)atclH's; its leavi's, though tough and hard, jiri' stripiu'il otT hy 

 liungry aninuils. 



OrijZdpsis rusj)i'(l(t/(i, S/xirnoo/ns almidcs and Sli/xi .s/)i'n'.o,"ti are 

 tufted grasses, scattcrt'il over tlic ^lojave desert, and furnisli an 

 occasional hite, itahitahlc, thou;,di tough to clicw, to antelopes, 

 and to strolling cattle and shec'i). 



(ihjrerin paiicijlDra, found on ruins of mountain tarns, is a 

 tender and sweet grass to dei-r or stock coining to drink. 



Mclini I'liijierfer/diuul Stipa svtiijero. tufted species fre<|Uenting 

 mesas and hills, an' tender and nutritious in Ajjril and May. 



Tliroughout tiie mountains where cattle cannot ])e herded so 

 successfully, sheep are everywhere led by their herders, swarming 

 like vermin, and creeping up to the very ])innacles ot rock or to 

 tlio snow line, nibbling or tramping in the dust all vegetation. 

 No grass at ever so great an altitude, but nxust contribute its 

 mito towards the susteiumce of these flocks. 



Thus SfijHt strict (t, Sporohuhtft (lejxiKpcnitii.s. S. tjniciltiiniiK, 

 Affi'ostis z'an'dHs, Tri^vlKin rnnvstrns, Mt'tiai .strict d, Pna 

 teniiifolin and P. Priitijlei, on bare mountain tops and around 

 mountain springs und rills, must all yield a dainty mouthful to 

 the miserable dust begrimed sheep, compelled in their ascent 

 to live on the foliage of shrubs aiul on brittle herbs. 



Dcyeuxia vquivatvix, a tender und sweet grass, grows on the 

 verge of mountain brooks. 



Ai^ricultiiral (brasses of Montana. — The following notes are 

 from a paper read at the fifth meeting of the Society for the 

 Promotion of Agricultural Science, by F. Lamson Scribner : 



"Although located so far north, and at no point less than 

 three thousand feet above the level of the sea, horses and cattle 

 thrive upon the ' ranges ' throughout the year without care or 



