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11. Seeds of Standard Grasses. «, Rescue-grass; ^, Texas 



Blue-grass; c. Chess, or Cheat; d, Canada Blue- 

 grass ; e, Bromus inermis; f, Kentucky Blue-grass. 

 (G. H. Hicks, Year-book, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, 1898) .... . 59 



12. Gathering Kentucky Blue-grass Seed near Lexington, 



Kentucky. (From Bulletin 19, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, United States Department of Agriculture) 61 



13. Curing Kentucky Blue-grass Seed Outdoors. 50,000 



bushels in one curing-bin. (From Bulletin 19, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture) ...... 63 



14. Weed Seeds, a. Pepper-grass (Z«^»(/«k?« virginicuni); 



b. Slender Rush (Juncus tenuis); c. Velvet-grass 

 {ffolcus lanatus); d. Five-finger (Fotentilla mons- 

 peliensis); e. Ox-eye Daisy (^Chrysantlumum Uucan- 

 themtim); f. Sorrel (Sumex acetosella); g. False Flax 

 (Camelina saliva); h, Canada Thistle {Carduus ar- 

 vensis) ..... ... 67 



15. Home-made Seed-tester, a. Closed; i. Open. (From 



Farmers' Bulletin 194, United States Department 



of .\griculture) ....... 73 



16. Timothy ....... . . 76 



17. Distribution of " Other Tame Grasses," mostly Tim- 



othy. (Compiled from Census of 1900.) Each 

 large dot represents a county producing more than 

 5,000 acres. The smaller dots represent 1,000 

 acres each . . . . • ly 



18. Kentucky Blue-grass . . 91 

 ig. Distribution of Kentucky Blue-grass. Each dot rep- 

 resents a correspondent reporting blue-grass im- 

 portant in his section ...... 94 



