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Show THE -SLENDER-LEAVFD BLUE GRASS OF WEST I 3 - I i sV Tho bluo grasses aro quite plentiful throughout tho west nnd furnish' cthuiidnnl pasturugo both In tho meadows mead-ows and on tho dry foothills and high mountains. Thoro nro many different kinds, some of which nro called red tops by tho different ranchers. ., The red-top of which wo road lu the seed c.itaUiucfl, however, Is nn entliely different plant and has been In cultivation culti-vation In tbo east for a long time. Thn western bfuo rhimsch nro closely related re-lated to tho Kentucky bluo grass, for which that state 1b widely known and tho grass that Is used universally for lawns. Tho slender-lenved bluo grass. I'oa tenulfolln. Is held by Prof. Kennedy, Ken-nedy, of the Novntla station, to be one of the chief grazing grasses of tho region re-gion and extends from tho foothills to tho tops of thn mountains. In form of growth It may bo spoken of as a bunch grass. It grows from six inches to one and a half feet high and n considered by ranchmen tho most valuable bunch grass on the range. Lightning Not Zlozag. Instnntnucoiis photography has ro-vealed ro-vealed the fact that tho foimer method meth-od of toprouentlng lightning ns n fiery zlgsng whs entirely false. |