Plate III 



Fig. I.— Section of Forage Nursery, Great Basin Experiment Station 

 Given Over to Cropping Tests Following the Preliminary Studies 



Fig. 2.— Cropping at the Time of Proper Forage Development Is Not 

 Devitalizing to the Plants Unless Subsequent Croppings Are 

 Made before the Plant Has Recovered 



The vigorous, well devoloped mountain brome specimens to the left show the results of 

 harvesting twice a year, two weeks after growth begins and again five weeks after the first 

 cropping, for three years. The brome specimens to the right were harvested four times in 

 a season for the same period 



