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Biue-graHS Kay, Quality of . . . 90, 96 



Stage to cut 34 



yield 93,90 



Blue-grass Pastures 43,96-101 



Bluestem, (.Agropyron occiden- 



tale) 189,190 



compared with timothy 88 



hay, rated on Western mar- 

 kets 219 



" Bottom " Grasses 150 



Brome-grass {Brontus inermis) 



164-175 



distribution 164-168 



hay 168-169 



hay, Stage to cut. . . 33-34, 168-169 



in Eastern States 165-168 



in the Pacific Northwest 9, 164-168 



longevity 14 



pasture 43. 168 



pasture with alfalfa 47, 168 



popular names 171 



seedj Native vs. imported. 170-171 



seedmg 170 



seed production 169-171 



varieties 233, 233 



Bronius carinatus 173 



inennis. See Brome-grass. 



'marginatics 173 



secalinus. See Cheat. 

 unioloides. See Rescue-grass. 

 Broom-corn Millets {Panicum 



miliaceum) 114-116 



Broom-sedge {Andropogon vir- 



ginicus) 51 



Buffalo-grass {Bulbilis dacty- 



loides) for lawns 200 



Bunch-grass (Agropyron diver- 

 gens) 187 



Canada Blue-grass {Poa com- 



pressa) 101-102 



for lawns 200, 201, 203 



name incoi-rectly used 176 



Canada Thistle (Cni'cMS aruensjs). 

 Effect of millet on 108 



Canada Field Pea 11 



Carpet-grass (Panicum com- 



pressum) 185 



distribution 188 



for lawns 203 



Cereals, for hay 9, 10 



for pasture 43, 45-46 



ChcBtochloa sp. See Foxtail 

 Millets. 



Cheat (Bromus secalinits) 173 



Chess. Same as Cheat. 



Clover, Area of 12 



crops per year 87 



seeding 15, 83-87 



yield 12 



Cnicus arvensis. See Canada 

 Thistle. 



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Coarseness as related to feed 



value 159 



Cock'sfoot. See Orchard-grass. 

 Colorado Grass (Panicum tex- 



anum) 118-119 



Commercial fertilizers, made 

 necessary by system of 



farming 4 



for grass lands 21, 53-55 



Common Millet 111,113 



Cotton as apasture plant 43 



Cow-peas(Fig'nasine7istfi), 10, II, 107 

 Crab-grass {Panicum sangui- 



nale) ia5-186 



Creeping Bent (Agrostis stoloni- 



fera)^ for lawns 205 



Curing hay 84-37 



Ci/nodon dactylon. See Ber- 

 muda Grass. 

 Cutting hay. See Hay. 



Dactylis glonierata. See Or- 

 chard-grass. 



Disfichlis maritima. See Salt- 

 grass. 



Dry lands. Grasses for 197 



Elymus condensatus. See Giant 

 Eye-grass. 



English Blue-grass (Festuca 

 pratensis) 176 



English Bye-grass (Lolium 



^erenne) 179-181 



failure in timothy region IG 



importance in Europe 16 



Erigeron strigosus. See White- 

 weed. 



European grasses in United 

 States 16 



Fads, Grass 232-235 



Fern, weed on the Pacific Coast. 52 



Fertilizers, elTect on weeds 49 



for lawns 314-215 



{See also Commercial Fertiliz- 

 ers and Manures.) 



Fescues, for lawns 303 



Festuca australis. for lawns 203 



dwriuscula, for lawns 203 



heterophylla, for lawns 303 



ovina^ for lawns 203 



pratensis. See Meadow-fescue. 

 pratensis var. elatior. See 

 Tall Fescue. 



rubra, for lawns 203 



tcnuifoliay for lawns 203 



Flowers of the grasses 236-342 



Forage crops, Area of 11 



Distribution of 11 



Fowl Meadow-grass (Poa sero- 



tina) 150, 193-194 



Foxtail Millets (Chcetochloa sp.) 



111-114 



