ftUTH STRICKEN DISTRICTS INSURED BOUNTIFUL CrOPS 
Of Fine Gf^ass By Sowing 
THE WONDERFUL RUSSIAN FORAGEPLANT. 
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THE FINEST FODDER 
Grass for stock, excelling in nutritiousness and productiveness the well-known 
Lucerne, and succeeds in drouth-stricken districts where all other grasses fail 
in many sections of this country such a grass has long been sought after 
not alone by private individuals, but by the Department of Agriculture at 
Washington, U. C which has been experimenting with this wonderful variety 
at Its expcrirnental stations in the and regions. Following we publish k 
letter from the Experimental Grass Station at Garden City? Kansas: 
BXPEBIMENTAI, GBA8S STATIOIir, Garden City, Kansas, says- 
''^"f ^8"™ "Bromu.^ Inermis" successfully, and think it is to be the 
commg grass for the and regions of the West. Sow it about the first of Apri^ and 
about twenty-five pounds per acre." "i"". 
We have also obtained from the most reliable sources in Europe the 
opinions on this grass, which, on reading, you will find contains the strongest 
recommendation as to its superiority and drouth-resisting qualities 
This grass is certainly the greatest boon to the arid districts ever dis- 
ZZT, T^^,"" •! "'^ ST^^s for dry sections, but it can be raised on 
almost all kinds of soil, and in any climate. 
It being a native of Russia, makes it particularly desirable for our North- 
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* ^^"Pl^te description of the 
RUSSIAN FORAGE GRASS. 
(Bromua Inermis.) 
I t originated in Russia, and is recommended on account of the manner in 
which It has stood on the Hungary plains, where the dry sterile nature of the 
country and the long-continued drouths make somanv pfants succumb This 
Bromus, however, stands well, and has been known for thirty years to stand 
when sudi robust crops as Lucerne have been destroyed. It giCes a luxuriant 
crop, particularly on fresh sandy loam soil, and where the climate is warn' 
It is found that animals eat it greedily, whether in the green or in the dry 
state, so that it can be used as mown or saved for Winter use. The seed is 
sown in the eariy Spring It is also usehil in filling up gaps where Lucerne 
or Clover crops have failed. It will stand under favorable conditions for 
twelve years, and give as much food in one monib as Lucerne gives in three 
months. ** 
T EI S T I ivt O 3Sr I^XjS. 
SUTTON & SONS, Beading, England, say : 
. 'I'V'^ ^, perennial, and m our experiments has proved to be one of the earliest 
Brasses to start in the Spring. It grows with remarkable rapidity, and yields an 
immense quantity of succulent herbage, equally suitable for soiling or for ensilage 
All kinds of stock eat it greedUy, and the analysis made shows tEat it is richer fn 
flesh formers than the Italian Rye Grass." rii-uer in 
VHiMOBIN, ANDBrSUX; & CO., Paris, France, say: 
" It is a native of the black lands of Russia, but is extensively grown oi late in 
Austria, where it yield., arge crops of hay even in the most unfavorable and digest 
seasons. It is a perenmal, spreading rapidly by means of its underground roots the 
stalks are very numerous and lealy, attaining a height of from five to six feet " 
In introducing this grass, we do so with the full assurance that it is all 
we claim for it, viz : 
Its great drouth-resisting qualities, nutritiousness and productiveness un- 
equaled by any other variety, and exceUing all grasses for permanent pasture 
It IS certainly the best grass for arid districts yet introduced 
we are tinable to offer it this season in large quantities ; our aim is a 
wide distnbution of this wonderful varietv, and to introduce it into all sections 
Price, «0 centM per pound, postpaid. By Express or 
freignt, in 25-pound lots, 910,00 (sufficient to sow one acre). 
.\ heavy cropper even on dry soils ; well adapted for permanent as well 
as temporary meadows, either grown by itself or mixed with other grasses. 
