BROME GRASS 
A LONG LIVED DROUGHT RESISTING 
PERENNIAL GRASS 
Brome Grass may be sown either in the spring or 
fall. It grows naturally in dry, gravelly places, on river 
banks and hills, along borders of woods, etc., and more 
rarely, in meadows. 
Brome Grass does not require a heavy, good soil, but 
thrives on loose and comparatively poor land where 
more valuable grasses would make a poor stand. Al- 
though it succeeds in medium, wet soil, it is highly 
prized on account of its drought-resisting qualities; in 
dry summers it produces more green feed than any 
other grass. : 
Like most other perennial grasses, Brome Grass 
grows rather slowly the year it is sown. The second 
year the crop is heavy and the third year it usually 
reaches its maximum. 
Its ability to furnish green feed, even in a hot, dry 
summer, makes it valuable for pasture, although its 
nutritive value cannot be compared with that of Ken- 
tucky Blue Grass, for instance. Its indifference to the 
tramping of cattle and sheep makes it especially im- 
portant in sandy and gravelly pastures. BROMUS 
Fourteen to twenty pounds should be sown per acre. INERMIS 

ALFALFA AND BROME GRASS COMBINATION 
Kansas experiment station recommends a combination of alfalfa and 
Brome Grass. Sow about four pounds of alfalfa and 15 pounds of Brome 
Grass per acre. This combination supplies about 20% more nitrogen 
and increases the yield two times as much hay as Brome alone. 
Brome Grass is very _chaffy seed and it is very difficult to get the seed 
through an ordinary drill. For best results, we would suggest a mixture of 15 
pounds Brome, 4 to 5 pounds of Alfalfa, and one-half bushel of Oats. This 
mixture will go through a grain drill with an agitator. Some growers seed 
oats with fall planted Brome, as the oats keep the ground from blowing during 
the fall and winter and the oats add enough weight to make the mixture go 
through a drill. j : ; 
Seeding Alfalfa with Brome is becoming a common practice, for it increases 
the pasture yield and when inoculated adds nitrogen to the soil that aids in 
keeping the Brome sod bound. Some use Lespedeza or Sweet Clover the fol- 
ORCHARD 
GRASS 
Is an early fibrous rooted peren- 
nial. Its rapid growth makes it 
very desirable for pasture. With- 
stands droughts better than most 
grasses. Will thrive in the shade 
such as in orchards and lanes. 
When closely cropped it grows up 
quickly, and is ready for grazing 
again in 10 to 12 days. 

IRONS DAS fs Cobebeye (MoE S Sao. sRel 
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