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Smooth Bromegrass should be in heavy type compara- 
ble to timothy and redtop. 
REED CANARY GRASS - A valuable crop for pasture 
or hay on fertile, moist, swampy areas. Being cov- 
ered with water during the winter or dormant season 
seems to actuelly benefit this grass. It is a hardy, 
somewhat coarse but leafy perennial which spreads 
by short creeping underground root-stelks, and in a 
few years forms a thick heavy turf which will hold up 
cattle and machinery even when the soil is wet and 
soft. 
Its best use is for pasture but it also makes 
nutritious palatable hay or silage. It endures heavy 
grezing but may grow as much as six feet tell, produc- 
ing per acre from two cuttings 3 to 4 tons of hay 
itigher in feeding value than timothy. 
It is best seeded in the early spring on land 
prepared the previous summer or fall. When this is 
not feasible it may be seeded in late August so that 
the seedlings will get sufficient start to withstand 
the winter or it may be seeded in late fall after 
growing weather has passed so the seed will not start 
germination until early the next spring. Seeding in 
late spring, early summer or early fall should be 
avoided. 
Prepare 2a fine, smooth, firm seedbed. Broad- 
cast 5 to 7 pounds of seed per acre covering ¢ to 
# inch. A grain companion crop will usually re- 
sult in a poorer grass seeding. Two or three pounds 
of timothy may help on the first year’s crop and will 
be crowded out as the canary grass spreads. 
The seeds mature unevenly sco some immature seeds 
are present in ail lots. Some seeds germinate slowly 
