342 FORAGE CROPS 
The preparation of land, and seeding 
Russian brome grass does not grow rapidly 
the first season. Therefore the land should be 
well prepared and free from weed seeds before 
planting. It is more desirable to sow after a 
cultivated crop, or on land that has been sum- 
mer-fallowed part of the season. The good 
preparation necessary for the seeding of any 
grass will answer. It may be sown in fall or 
spring, although, under average conditions, the 
most favorable time is the early spring, especially 
if sown with a nurse crop. If seeded in August 
or September, on land that has been well pre- 
pared, it should make a good crop the following 
season. In the South, it is preferable to sow in 
the fall, owing to the fear of destruction by the 
hot, dry weather of the following summer. 
When seeded without other grasses, twelve to 
fifteen pounds per acre is sufficient, when in- 
tended for hay; sixteen to twenty pounds should 
be used when intended for pasture. When it is 
a part of a combination of other grasses, the 
proportions may be two to five pounds, according 
to the object of the seeding, although little expe- 
rience has accumulated in this country as to its 
permanent character in pasture and meadows. 
Its natural tendency is to crowd out other less 
vigorous grasses 
