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Bulletin 61. 
BROMUS INERMIS SEEN ELSEWHERE ON THE PLAINS. 
Only one plat was seen growing. That was on the ranch of 
Robt. Lucore in the northern part of Lincoln county. I saw this 
plat in May. 1900. It then showed scattered bunches among the 
weeds. The grass appeared to be growing well, but was a very 
poor stand. It was a small plat. Mr. Lucore said that he thought 
Bromus inermis a good grass for his neighborhood, but he did not 
care to plant any more, even if the seed was furnished him free. 
WEATHER AND COMPARATIVE CONDITIONS. 
During the six years Bromus inermis has been tried here, the 
rainfall has been as heavy as usual. Native hay has been cut on 
the uplands every year, except 1900. No year of the six under 
consideration was as drouthy as were 1893 and 1894. 
GENERAL COMMENTS. 
1. In common with all so-called drouth-resistant plants, the 
testing of Bromus inermis has proved to be very unsatisfactory here. 
The failure to get a stand of plants is the greatest difficulty ex¬ 
perienced. If rain does not fall at the right time after seeding, we 
are almost sure to fail to get a stand which will be fair to the plant 
under consideration. If a stand is obtained, continued drouth 
before the young plants are strong enough to resist it, may destroy 
all hope of successful termination of the trial. 
2. While we feel that the grass ( Bromus inermis ) is a failure 
under the conditions existing here, we realize that it might succeed 
where conditions are not quite so unfavorable. A difference in the 
distribution of the rainfall might bring success where we have to 
record failure. 
Our experience and observation compels us to recommend to 
those who think of trying Bromus inermis on unirrigated land in 
eastern Colorado, that they test it on a small scale for a few years, 
before plowing up bufialo grass to make room for it. 
