ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



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Plate I. Stripping bluegrass seed in Kentucky Frontispiece. 



II. Fig. 1. — Cattle in bluegrass pasture at time of harvesting. Fig. 2. — 



Stripping bluegrass seed in Iowa 9 



III. Fig. 1. — Stripping bluegrass seed by hand. Fig. 2. — Stirring blue- 



grass seed while curing outdoors 10 



IV. Fig. 1. — Comb stripper, common style. Fig. 2. — Comb stripper, 



with automatic attachment 12 



V. Fig. 1. — Rotary cylinder stripper. Fig. 2. — Curing bluegrass seed 



in open shed 12 



VI. Fig. 1. — Curing bluegrass seed in warehouse loft. Fig. 2. — Curing 



bluegrass seed in ricks outdoors — 50,000 bushels on one 



curing ground - - - 14 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. Map showing areas in United States and Canada in which bluegrass 



seed is harvested 8 



2. Hand bluegrass stripper 11 



3. Knife used with comb stripper „ 11 



