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A MANUAL OF FARM GRASSES 



timothy and clover. In many parts of the humid region 

 especially in Wisconsin and from 

 Ohio to Virginia brome grass may 

 be grown but there it must com- 

 pete with timothy which with suffi- 

 cient moisture gives a greater yield. 

 In the more arid districts especi- 

 ally toward the south, brome grass 

 does not do well except when irri- 

 gated. Under irrigation, however, 

 other grasses are usually more 

 satisfactory. It is, therefore, of 

 chief importance in the triangular 

 region embracing the northern por- 

 tion of the Great Plains and ex- 

 tending further west along the 

 northern border of the United 

 States. 



Brome grass can be used for 

 meadow or for pasture. The seed 

 may be sown in the spring or in 

 the fall, or at any time between 

 when the conditions are favorable. 

 It is especially valuable for pas- 

 ture, the vigorous rootstocks form- 

 ing a firm sod. In a few years 

 these rootstocks occupy the soil 

 to such an extent that it often be- 

 comes necessary to loosen up the 



ground by disking, or it may be advisable to plow up 



and reseed. 



II. Brome Grass. A 

 head or panicle, and a 

 single spikelet enlarged. 



