BROME-GRASS 173 
There are several native species of the genus 
Bromus which are more or less promising under culti- 
vation, especially on dry lands west of the Rocky Moun- 
tains. ‘Two of these are worthy of attention—namely, 
Bromus marginatus and Bromus carinatus. Both of 
these wild species are very variable, and some forms of 
them are undoubtedly valuable. Their possibilities 
are being exploited by the experiment stations in the 
West. As yet they have no satisfactory common 
names. One farmer in a dry section of southwestern 
Oregon grows Bromus marginatus under the name of 
‘‘eight-dollar grass,’’ having secured his start of it 
from the side of a mountain bearing that name. It is 
hoped that suitable local names for them may become 
well enough established to warrant their general use. 
Another representative of this genus is the well- 
known cheat or chess (Bromus secalinus), Fig. 36, of 
the grain-fields. In the Willamette Valley, Oregon, 
and in the Blue Mountains of the same State, cheat is 
grown for hay to a considerable extent. It is an 
annual, adapted to sowing in the fall. It yields quite 
well, but the hay is not of high quality. 
The rescue-grass (Bromus unioloides), Fig. 37, of 
the South is another representative. This is also an 
annual. In south central Texas this grass grows wild 
quite generally. It is occasionally sown for winter 
pastures throughout the South, for which purpose it 
has some value, but it possesses few, if any, advantages 
as a winter pasture in that section over the common 
cereals. It would probably thrive a little farther 
south than the cereals. In Georgia and adjacent 
States rescue-grass is frequently sold under the name 
