60 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 
is seen in Fig. 12, and of curing it in Fig. 13.) Southern 
Illinois furnishes nearly all the redtop seed, a small 
amount coming from southern New Jersey. Marshall 
County, in northern Kansas, produces pra¢tically all 
of the meadow-fescue seed. A little Canada blue-grass 
is saved in western New York, but the bulk of it comes 
from the flat clay country along the northern shore of 
Lake Erie, west of the Niagara River. Aside from 
Canadian timothy, orchard-grass aud Bromus inermis 
are the only standard grass-seeds which are imported in 
any quantity. During the year ending June 30, 1904, 
180,239 lbs. of New Zealand orchard-grass were im- 
ported, and during the same time 298,654 Ibs. of 
Bromus inermis, mostly coming from Russia through 
Germany. Sromus inermis is raised extensively in 
Minnesota and the Dakotas, and down the Red River 
Valley into Manitoba. Johnson grass seed is raised 
along the Gulf, from Alabama to Texas. Bermuda 
grass ‘seed is all imported from Australia, none being 
raised in the United States. As this grass is becoming 
more favorably known, the amount of seed imported 
is increasing annually. English and Italian rye-grass 
seed mostly comes from Scotland and Ireland. The 
seed of the less common grasses, such as tall fescue, 
sheep’s-fescue, the bent grasses, and sweet vernal, are 
not saved in this country to any extent, but are im- 
ported from the Continent of Europe, mostly from 
France and Germany. 
COST OF SEEDING DIFFERENT GRASSES 
The cost of seed sufficient to sow an acre of various 
grasses is shown in the following table. The prices 
