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The culture and uses of brome-grass—Continued. 
Mixtures of brome-grass with (otherserasseS =e ee eee 
Uses and value_s_______ Sa PS nS a ee eae 
Pasture (222. eee eT ee 3 oy eS eae SPS Oe 
Harvesting the seed £ iat seer ere ie See eM ae OS 
‘Thrashin? ; 2.0 Steer a eee BE 55s ints Cle Se RTCA 5a le he eee 
Yield of seed_______ SSSR Ee eee eee = pe see ec 
Straw 122 Seo eee ptabwhebonrer itis Ui Rapier ae 
Wse tn Toetatvion= =a ee Ses et Der eats Oe eee eee 
Preparation of brome-grass meadows for other crops___ ee 
Miscellanéous ISs@S) 2.2 Ge ee 2nd evr ee ie eee sae 
The agricultural extension of brome-grass Pesce ose beans eS Ss 
Summary __ Seah ce a ee les ee ee ee eee ne opt May 2 SE 
PN GexS 2o= 2 RL LEED rece ah 2h Mee SA eek PE to _ APE ge, 4 coe AEE Ded ONCE UE Bel ie 
PEWS a ReAST TONS: 
PLATES. 
PLATE I. Delphinium trolliifolium Gray__------ Rs iS ie a a a 
II. Cotton seeds with fibers attached. A and B.—Cotton seeds with 
fibers combed out to show uniformity and nonuniformity in 
the length of the fibers. C.—Lock of Griffin cotton stretched 
so as to show points of origin of longer fibers_--___-___- === 
III. Seeds of cotton combed out to show the so-called longer fibers. 
A.—Columbia variety. #B.—Griffin variety___ IO eR 
IV. Fig. 1.—Alfalfa seed of good quality. Fig. 2.—Imported alfalfa 
seed of low grade., Fig. 3.—Red clover ‘seed of good quality. 
Fig. 4.—Imported red clover seed of low grade______________ 
V. Fig. 1.—A panicle of brome-grass (Bromus inermis) in full 
bloom. Fig. ~2.—A single plant of brome-grass (Bromus 
VIVOT INAS.) feo cE, 
VI. Fig. 1.—A field of brome-grass in North Dakota. Fig. 2.— 
Stacking -brome-erassy ine Norin) Dakotae =.=. ao) eee 
VII:.Seeds ‘of ‘brome-¢fass's2 ss Stas Ae as 8 an ee Bae ee ee 
TEXT FIGURES. 
Fic. 1. Single cotton fibers from the so-called longer group of fibers____ 
. A few extra-long cotton fibers, showing two fibers united________ 
. Cotton fibers tied. together, very much magnified_____-_____§_____ 
. High-grade red clover seed compared with low-grade red clover 
Seed (Giagraym:) 2 2a se ee eek 
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