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siderable shade. It may yet be found, however, that 

 Russian brome will rival even orchard grass in its abil- 

 ity to grow beneath the boughs of trees. At the Indian 

 Head experimental farm, Assiniboia, Canada, this grass 

 is virtually covering the ground amid the windbreaks 

 on the farm. Kentucky blue grass has considerable 

 power to grow in such situations. In growing any 

 grass beneath the shade of trees, the fact, that the feed- 

 ing value of the same is lessened in proportion as the 

 density of the shade increases, should not be overlooked. 



GRASSES FOE THE STATES AND PEOVINCES. 



The attempt will be made to name the grasses that 

 are suitable for furnishing temporary meadows and 

 pastures, adapted to the various states of the Union 

 and the different provinces of Canada. To facilitate 

 this work these will be divided into several groups. In 

 making these divisions the plan will be to include the 

 states and provinces in the same group in which the 

 production is similar or approximately so. 



For the Northeastern States. — The northeastern 

 states are intended to include in this discussion all 

 those states that lie north of the Ohio and Potomac 

 rivers and east of Lake Michigan and Illinois. 



The grasses which have suitable adaptation for these 

 are those which have suitable adaptation also for the 

 provinces of Canada east from Lake Huron to the At- 

 lantic. The grasses which will best furnish temporary 

 pastures in these include timothy, orchard grass and 

 redtop, valuable, all things considered, in the order 

 named. ISTotwithstanding that the value of orchard 

 grass for grazing may be intrinsically superior, timothy 



