160 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 
the pasture is allowed to rest unti! there is considerable 
growth upon it, and then sufficient stock is turned in 
to eat it down quickly, orchard-grass is eaten with the 
rest. It has already been pointed out that this is the 
best method of getting the most feed from pastures, 
though it is not always practicable to follow it. Or- 
chard-grass revives quickly after being cut for hay or 
cropped by stock, especially if there is plenty of mois- 
ture in the soil. In favorable seasons it yields two 
cuttings of hay a year—another characteristic which 
adapts it to sowing with red clover. 
The distribution of orchard-grass in.this country is 
approximately shown in Fig. 33. This map was pre- 
pared in the same manner as that showing the distri- 
bution of blue-grass (Fig. 19). Each dot represents 
a correspondent who reported it as an important grass 
in his locality. An examination of the map shows 
that it is found most commonly around the southern 
border of the timothy region; in fact, it is decidedly the 
best of the farm grasses in that portion of the country, 
and is deservedly popular there. It is most important 
as a hay grass in Virginia, northern and western North 
Carolina, northern Georgia, northern Alabama, in Ten- 
nessee, and in those portions of Kentucky in which tim- 
othy does not thrive. In the regions here outlined 
timothy does well only on the best alluvial soils, and is 
liable to be entirely killed by the summer heat. Or- 
chard-grass is here adapted to a large variety of soils, 
and yields abundant crops of hay and pasture. It is 
better understood here than farther north. 
Orchard-grass is also grown considerably in Mis- 
souri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Wash- 
