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Head for the purpose of helping the distribution of It We have had some of It sent 

 down here, and I shall be glad to send a sample bag to any one who may desire to try 

 it. The samples sent are sufficient to sow about one-twelfth of an acre. If the experi- 

 mental farms had done nothing else but introduce that grass to the North-west their 

 existence would have been justified. It would be ditficult to estimate its value to that 

 country. 



By Mr. WiU9n: 



Q. How long will it grow till it runs out ? 



A. We find it best to take off three or four crops of hay and then pasture it for 

 a year or two. It grows well for three or four years and by that time the roots of the 

 grass thicken so much that it is better then to pasture it for a year or two before 

 ploughing it up. When ploughed under it is a valuable grass for the reason that it 

 supplies a large amount of fibre to the soil, giving a condition like the first breaking 

 of the prairie. 



By Mr. Richardson: 



Q. Is it a heavy grower; is it coarse ? 



A. It grows from 2i to 3 feet high, and more in some cases. It is leafy, but not 

 coarse. 



Q. And makes good hay ? 



A. It makes excellent hay for horses or cattle. 



Having read the foregoing transcript of my evidence of the 11th, 12th and l^'ith 

 March, 1902, I find it correct. 



WM. SAUNDERS, 

 Director of the Dominion Experimental Farms. 



