166 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES 
Mountains) it furnishes more green feed than any 
other of the true grasses. Noted for its ability to with- 
stand drouth, it yet does well on good moist soils. It 
will not thrive, however, on soils that are distin¢tly 
wet. It is particularly at home in the Red River Val- 
ley of North Dakota and on the peculiar basaltic soils 
of eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, and northern 
Idaho. Its distribution is shown in Fig. 35, each dot 
representing a locality from which correspondents re- 
port itimportant. It is generally supposed that brome- 
grass is not adapted to the more humid climate of the 
timothy region, but the fact is itis nearly or quite as 
valuable over much of this region as it is farther west. 
In the West it had no competitors as a pasture-grass, 
while in the East it had to compete with several long- 
established and highly satisfactory grasses, particularly 
timothy and blue-grass. It has already been stated 
that nearly all the grass literature issued by the State 
experiment stations comes from those stations outside 
of the region of timothy, blue-grass, and red clover. 
Having very satisfactory meadow and pasture crops, 
the farmers of the timothy region have not given 
brome-grass a thorough trial. As an illustration of 
the attitude of these farmers toward new candidates for 
their favor, we may quote the remark of an Ohio farmer 
when asked, in acircular letter, what were the hay 
and pasture problems of his section. ‘‘ We have no 
problems of this kind,’’ was his reply. ‘‘ What we 
need is to know how to build barns more cheaply and 
how to handle our livestock better. Our meadows and 
pastures already produce as much feed of the best 
quality as land can be made to produce.’’ This may 
