BROME GRASS 
Brome Grass is an erect perennial with strong creep¬ 
ing root stocks and makes a thick, firm turf. It 
thrives well on dry, loose soil and appears to grow with 
equal vigor from Canada south into Tennessee, re¬ 
maining green throughout the entire winter season in 
the latter State. Its strong perennial character and 
its unusual drouth resisting powers recommend it for 
general cultivation, particularly in the semi-arid regions 
of the west and northwest. 
Like other grasses, it should be seeded early in the 
spring or late summer, but two months before killing 
frost so as to get a good start before winter comes on. 
Because the seed is relatively large some effort should 
be made to get it into the ground. Seed should be 
sown at the rate of l 1 /^ to 2 bushels to the acre if 
sown alone—where seeded in mixtures, in a proportion¬ 
ate amount depending upon the number of ingredients 
in the mixture. It is adapted to regions of light rain¬ 
fall. Roots penetrate five feet. 
TIMOTHY 
Timothy has been for years the standard and most 
widely grown hay grass. So long as there are horses 
to be fed, Timothy will be indispensable. On account 
of the cheapness of the seed, and the ease and low cost 
of growing and harvesting it, Timothy is the most 
profitable grass wherever conditions permit its culti¬ 
vation. 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS 
It is the most nutritious of American pasture grasses. 
Recent investigations have shown that much land for¬ 
merly thought to be too valuable for pasture could be 
put with profit into Kentucky Blue Grass. The imma¬ 
ture grass is richer than Alfalfa hay; the tital product 
of an acre of good Kentucky Blue Grass pasture con¬ 
tains two and a half to three times as much digestible 
protein as that contained in the product of equally 
good land devoted to the usual four-year grain and hay 
rotation. 
BIENNIAL WHITE BLOSSOM 
SWEET CLOVER 
This is the commonest type of Sweet Clover and the 
one which has come to the front so rapidly in recent 
years for forage, pasture, and soil improvement. It 
will grow in almost any climate and on almost any type 
of soil, thriving on land too poor for Alfalfa or Red 
Clover. It is a biennial, disappearing at the end of the 
second season unless allowed to go to seed and reseed 
itself. It fits well into the rotation scheme and may 
be sown with corn at the time of last cultivation or 
following a crop of winter grain. As hay or green for¬ 
age it ranks with Alfalfa in feeding value. 
ALFALFA 
Alfalfa deserves to rank first among the legumes. 
It is the mainstay of the dairyman. It furnishes 
more green forage, more pasture and more dry hay per 
acre than any other known variety of hay or grass. It 
is relished by stock. For feeding it is worth more per 
pound of dry matter than any other forage. As a ni¬ 
trogen gatherer it is equal to any of the clovers. 
