BROME GRASS 343 
Pasturing and harvesting 
For pasture, the brome grass will stand close 
grazing, particularly on good lands, but if pastured 
very late and close in the fall, the yield of the 
next season’s crop is likely to be reduced. 
In cutting for hay, it should be harvested wher 
fully in head, although for horses it may be cut- 
when the blooms have disappeared. Probably 
the best time for cutting, as for other grasses, 
is when the plants are in full bloom. The cut- 
ting and curing does not differ from the methods 
recommended for timothy, or the other better 
known grasses. 
