MAY'S NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BEST FOR ALL OLIMES. 
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BROMUS INERMIS The Wonderful Russian Forage Grass. 
Outyielding Alfalfa. In nutritious qualities surpassine Timothy. One sowing will stand for years. Succeeds on poor 
soils and yields from four to five tons per acre. For the arid regions this grass has no equal. We have one grade of seed 
only— the best. Many firms are offering this seed at much lower prices, but it is an inferior article, which we are confi- 
dent will not germinate 50 per cent and is dear at any price. Ours has been procured direct from Russia and is a superior 
article, showing in our tests a much higher percentage of germinating qualities. 
Lb. 30c, 3 Iba. 85c, postpaid; by express or freight, 18 pounds, enough for one acre, $3.60; lOO lbs. $I8.00. 
DESCRIPTION — It originated in Russia, and is recommended on account 
of the manner in which it has stood on tlie Hungary plains, where tlie dry, 
sterile nature of theeomitry and the long continued droughts make so many 
?ilants 3UCC umb. This Bromus, however, stands well, and has been known 
or thirty y^ara to stand when such robust crops as alfalfa have been 
destroyed. It gives a luxuriant croj), particularly on fresh sandy loam S(»il, 
and where tlie climate is warm. It is found that animals eat it greedily, 
whether in the green or the dry Btatis .so that it can be mown or saved for 
winter u-se. The seed is sown in the early spring. It isaLso useful in fllling 
up gaps whore alfalfa or clover crops have raile<l. It will stand under 
faTorable condi tions for twelve years, and give as much food in one month 
aa alfalfa gives in three months. 
CULTIVATION— This grass is better sown alone; at least it should not be 
sown with grain crops. The grain takes too much moisture from the young 
grass plants. It ia also desiraljle to sow the seed on soil that does not blow. 
Summer fallow would be the best preparation, but on acrcount of its liability 
to drift it is not safe in many parts of the extreme Northwest to iLse this 
kind of land. Stubble land, plowed 4 or 5 inches deep in April or May, and 
well harrowed after the seed is so^vn, is found to be quite safe from wind, 
as the stu bble harrowtd on top prevents all drifting. 
Fifteen to eighteen pounds of seed is required to an acre. More seed will 
give a better crop the first year, but less afterwards, as the roots thicken up 
each year, and in three or four years make better pasture for hay. 
The seed being light, long and thin, seeding by hand is the only practicable 
method. To seed properly, a calm day should be chosen, so that all parts 
of the land may Ije evenly sown. 
While the plants are young the weeds make headway, and it is necessary 
at least to ketip them from ^oing to se<jd. The quickest way to accomplish 
tliisifl to go over the field with a mower, cutting just aliove the grass plan t.s. 
If the operation has to be repeat<!d it will lie necessary to cut the tops of the 
grass, but this will not injure the plant— infact, it is an advantage in the way 
of giving the r«>ts a better hold. The first crop of hay can be ctit the next 
year after seeding, and will, in ordinary years, be ready in July. Eight or 
ten days after being ready to cut for hay it will be ready to cut for seed, if 
so desired. Cut in first bloom for hay, and ten days from this time It is 
considered in i_)roper state to cut for setd. 
Many inquiries have been received in regard to growing Bromus on lands 
which are flooded part of the year. Following we give the experience of S. A. 
Bedford, E.sq., in charge of the Experimental Station at Brandon, N. W. T., 
Canada: 
A small area on the uplands of the Experimental Farm, about an acre, is 
flooded from 2 to 4 feet deep each year, the water remaining on until June. 
This was brokm up during the summer of 1896, and sown to Bromus without 
grain. Good stand was obtained and a magnificent crop of grass gat lu'red. 
This experiment should be tried by fanners who have depressions on their 
land Itnown as pot holes, which are numeroas in some parts of the province. 
In cutting for seed a binder is used, and the grass is cut, tied and stacked 
the same as wheat or other grain. In a week or ten days after cutting it is 
ready to thresh or store away, as deeme<i best. For threshing small quan- 
titiis the old fashioned flail is suitable, but for large lots a thresliing machine 
should be used on which the wind ha,s been closed off as much as practicable. 
From three to six hundred pounds of seed may be expected from an acre. 
RENEWAL AND ERADICATION of Bromus Inermis.byAngusMackay, 
in charge of the Experimental Station at Indian Heatl, N. W. T. , Canada: 
Last fall, jast before winterset in, one half acre of Brome sod was plowed 
4 inches deep, in as narrow furrows as i>ossible. Pour crops of hay had been 
cut from the plot, and the roots had tiecome very thick. On the 6th of May, 
1898, Prince Albert peas were sown, harrowed in and rolled. Shortly after 
the peas were sown the grass commHnced to grow very thick, and from tliat 
time it was a race between Broni(! grass and peas, witli the result that peas 
were one-third crop and Brome grass a good catch. The peas and grass were 
cut In' mower and the land left to see what results can be obtained in renew- 
ing Brome sod without re-seeding. Three-quarters of a ton of peas and 
Brome hay was cut from the one-half acre. 
On the 14th, 15th, 16th and l»th of April seven acres of Brome sod was 
pIowe<l 2 inches deep. By the time the Bod was rott<*d sufliciently to l«u?k-set, 
quite a heavy growth of grass was covering the land. On 16th, 17th, 18th and 
:^th of June "all but one- half acre of tliis land was liackset 4 inches deep. 
Brome roots continued to grow after the back-setting, and the land was 
again plowed before winter set in. The on(?-half acre not back set had, when 
the remainder of the plot was plowed the second time, a good catch of gras.s, 
which promises a crop of hay next year. 
Last spring, after seeding was finished, an old piece of Brome sod was 
gone over four times with iron harrows to determine whether or not it 
could l)e renewed without plowing. The result clearly demonstrated :he 
impracticabilitv of this method. 
As stated in tlie report of last year, several acres of Brome sod was plowed 
on I8th, 19tli and 'Mh of May, ISStT, and sown to peas at the time of backset 
latei' on That portion sown with peas was plowe<l last fall, and, together 
with part of the backsetting, was sown with Red Fife wheat this spring. 
The balance of the backsetting was used for potatoes, corn, p*-as and rof)t«. 
The wheat averaged 20 bu-sliels per acre, and the potatoes, peas, com and 
roots yielded one-third less than the same varieties sown on fallowed and 
manured land. 
This grass, we firmly believe, is the greatest l>oon, especially to our West 
and Northwest states, ever introductni. We have lalx>red for ten years in 
the introducrtion of this famtms grass, and w<' are please<l to state our efforts 
have been successful, as will be seen by a few of the many hundreds of 
testimonials we have, audit is doubtfulif the supply of see<l this year is going 
to equal the demand, .so great has been the call already from Montana, 
Wasnington and North Dakota, where hay itrops are the one es.sential 
among the stockmen. 
