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Cord Grass. — This very tall grass is common in sloughs 
and wet meadows and often makes a large proportion of the 
hay harvested in such places. The hay 
is coarse but nutritious, and is readily 
eaten by stock; but it must be cut 
before it becomes too tough and woody. 
Prairie June Grass.— This is an 
early grass and is usually the first to 
head out and ripen, so that it may be 
recognized by this characteristic. It is 
quite abundant on dry prairies and fur- 
nishes excellent forage and hay. 
Wild Barley: Squirrel-tail Grass. — 
This is called “ foxtail”? in many lo- 
calities, a practice that is confusing as 
that name has long been applied to 
common pigeon grass. It is easily 
recognized by its long, spreading awns. 
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GraMa Grass (left), SIDE 
Oats (right) 
The nodding heads 
resemble those of ordinary barley, but they are smaller and 
BuFFALO GRASS Corp GRASS 
PRAIRIE JUNE GRASS 
