8 CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Pastures and meadows 42 



Native grasses 42 



Care of native pastures and meadows 43 



Tame pastures at the Nebraska Experiment Station 44 



The seed bed for grasses and clovers 45 



Annual forage crops 45 



Sorghum 45 



Millet 46 



Cowpea -, 47 



Small grains 48 



Corn 48 



Soy bean 49 



Rape 50 



Canada field pea . 50 



Vetch 50 



Plants which can not be recommended 51 



Index of grasses and forage plants 57 



Description of plates 64 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Page. 



Plate I. Grass garden, Nebraska Experiment Station Frontispiece. 



II. Alfalfa showing nitrogen-gathering tubercules 64 



III. Fig. 1. — Brome-grass, sown in the autumn. Fig. 2.— Alfalfa, sown in 



the autumn 64 



IV. Fig. 1. — Brome-grass, fertilized and unfertilized. Fig. 2. — Field of 



orchard grass 64 



V. Fig. 1. — Brome-grass. Newly turned sod. Fig. 2. — Brome-grass. 



A hay field 64 



VI. Fig. 1. — Side-oats grama, grown from seed. Fig. 2. — Elymus 



canadensis, grown from seed 64 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. — Localities in Nebraska where prairie hay is grown 9 



2. — Localities in Nebraska where millet is grown 9 



3. — Localities in Nebraska where alfalfa is grown 10 



4. — Localities in Nebraska where clover is grown - 11 



5. — Localities in Nebraska where tame grasses are grown 12 



6. — Localities in Nebraska where coarse forage is grown 12 



7. — Normal annual rainfall for Nebraska. 13 



8. — Normal rainfall in Nebraska during the growing season, April to 



September 14 



