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Harvesting It can either be made into hay or used for grazing, although for the latter purpose, it 
and is too hard to be very suitable. Cutting should begin if possible before flowering, because, 
depasturing. s+ that stage, it becomes hard, 
Depasturing should also commence early. ; 
When allowed to become thoroughly ripe, the culms make splendid bedding, and can 
take the place of the straw, 
Yield. According to Sinclair, the produce per acre from a black siliceous sandy loam is! 
{** cutting 6,125 lbs. of hay; 
2d cutting 8,848 lbs. of grass. 
in Hungary, when the season is extremely dry, from 4,600 to 5,400 lbs. of hay per 
acre are obtained. At times, the yield is larger than that of lucerne. The Hungarians 
reckon, that an acre of pasture can carry 8 sheep for a summer. According to Sinclair, 
100 lbs. of grass give 50 Ibs. of hay. 
Nutritive According to the analyses made at Zurich, 100 lbs. of hay cut on the 30 June contain 78.3 %/o 
value. of organic matter, composed of: 
Nitrogenous matter (N > 6.25). ‘ F 4.9 °/o 
(albuminoid nitrogen 0,52 °/o, non-albuminoid nitrogen 
(),26 °/o) 
at ’ , ; . j , 1.6 °/o 
Fibre. . ; : : ; i 36.9 °/o 
Non-nitrogenous exiranie es, ; 34,9 °/o 
The proportion of nutritive matter is thus seen 10 be rpusitoranly less than that of hay of 
medium quality. 
Seed harvest, Harvesting, impurities and adulteration of seed. After flowering, the panicle becomes 
contracted and assumes a brownish violet tint which ultimately changes to a straw colour. 
The spikelets are known to be ripe, when they have the violet tint which occurs about 
the middle of July. The culms are then cut and dried, and the seeds beaten out. 
Yield of seed. The yield of seed is considerable, and the grains themselves are large and heavy, The seed is 
flat and usually awnless (see under »false fruilt« above). 
Impurities and Impurities are rare. No attempts are made at adulteration. The seed of Bromus asper 
adulterations. (fjo, 49) might be confounded with this but they are immediately distinguished by their 
long awns. Under the name of giant brome, seeds of false brome Brachipodiwm pinnatum 
(fig. 50) and of rye brome Bromus secalinus (fig. 51) are at times offered for sale. ‘The 
seed of the former have a long awn and a straw colour. The latter is a much heavier 
seed, rounder, stronger, and of a lighter colour. 
Seed quality. Seed and amounts to be sown. Good seed should have a purity of 90 °/o and a ger- 
mination of 90° = 81°%o pure and germinating seed. One lb. of pure seed contains about 
137,000 grains. 44 Ibs. of seed should be sown per acre = 35,6 lbs of pure and ger- 
minating seed. 
Awnless brome can be sown in spring or autumn. Spring-sowing with a summer 
Sowing. cereal is usual. Autumn sowing with winter-wheat is also adopted, because the plant 
gives a full yield only in the second year. It is usual to grow it by itself because it 
easily suppresses other plants. 
Mixtures. At times it is mixed with lucerne (about 60 °/, brome to 40 °/o lucerne). Mixed with 
other grasses and cloyers suitable for grazing purposes, it may form a constituent of per- 
manent pasture mixture, Harrowing in spring is very beneficial. 
