. Farm and floral guide : seeds, plants, bulbs, fruits and seed potatoes. Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Saint Paul Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Plants, Ornamental; Vegetables; Fruit; Flowers. THE BEST GRASS FOR THE DRY SECTIONS OF AMERICA. The finest fodder grass for stock, excelling' in nutritiousness and productiveness the well-known Alfalfa, and succeeds in drought-stricken districts where all other grasses fail. In many sections of this country such a grass has long been sought after
. Farm and floral guide : seeds, plants, bulbs, fruits and seed potatoes. Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Saint Paul Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Plants, Ornamental; Vegetables; Fruit; Flowers. THE BEST GRASS FOR THE DRY SECTIONS OF AMERICA. The finest fodder grass for stock, excelling' in nutritiousness and productiveness the well-known Alfalfa, and succeeds in drought-stricken districts where all other grasses fail. In many sections of this country such a grass has long been sought after, not alone by private individuals, but by the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C, which has been experimenting with this wonderful variety at its experimental stations in the arid regions. Following we publish a letter from the Experimental Grass Station at Garden City, Kansas: Experimental Grass Station, Garden City, Kansas, says: "We have grown 'Bromus Inermis' successfully, and think it is to be the coming grass for the arid regions of the West. Sow it about the first of April, and about twenty-five pounds per ; This grass is certainly tne greatest boon to the arid districts ever discovered; not only is it the grass for dry sections, but it can be raised on almost all kinds of soil, and in any climate. It being a native of Russia makes it particularly desirable for our North- west, and it is adapted to such states as Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, and, in fact, all that are subject to drought. DescriptionâIt origi- nated in Russia, and is recommended on account of the manner in which it has stood on the Hungary plains where the dry, sterile nature of the country and the long continued droughts make so many plants succumb. This Bromus, however, stands well, and has been known for thirty years to stand when such robust crops as Alfalfa have been destroyed. _ It gives a luxuriant crop, particularly on fresh sandy loam soil, and where the climate i
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