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THE STANFORD 
SEED CO. 
BUFFALO, N. Y. 
Cable Address — “Stanford — Buffalo” 







SPHAR & GAY 
SEED COMPANY 
WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY 

nH Lindemann, 

baa BROME GRASS (Bromus tectorum) is a winter annual plant of 
KENTUCKY rather recent introduction into the U. S. During the dry years, which 
favored it, it spread rapidly so that now it infests dry or well drained areas 
thruout central and western U. S. and the plains areas of Canada. It is 
BLUE GRASS 
most commonly found in clover and alfalfa fields and waste places where it 
D competes seriously. The seeds germinate in the early fall. The seedlings 
SEE live over winter and then resume growth as soon as the snow is gone or the 
soil is thawed out in the spring. It grows rapidly and matures seeds about 
K en f uc ky E G rown the middle of June, thus insuring a supply for starting the next crop. The 
W e st ern- G rown it, if anything more palatable is available; and its food value is low. The 
long barbed awns cause sore mouths. To control it, thoroughly preparing 
stems and leaves are hairy and soon become woody. Livestock will not eat 
the land for planting in the spring is the best method, as it cannot compete 
with summer annual plants such as oats, barley, ete. In pastures and waste 
places cut and burn the plants before they ripen seeds. The seed is chiefly 
Car Lots, Truck Lots 
wind borne due to several long bearded awns associated with the fertile seeds. 


Its seed has been spread in crop seeds and in commercial hay. 
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