Show THE ARID PLAINS it is a tact worth knowing that the effort begun borne years ago to discover a grass adapted to the plains and mountains of the west is being renewed with encouraging cou raging hopes under the supervision of the department of agriculture dr beatey clinef of the botanical division has been doing some effective wark in the way of investigation he has been making a thorough study of the rainless region and in connection therewith has been collecting numerous specimens of grass seed from other countries with a view to a selection of the kind most adapted to the conditions of climate and soil the importance of a systematic range cultivation is prodigious the thorough of the western ranges with a araie graie prolific and vigorous enough in this dry climate to choke out the millions of acres of weeds and sage brush that have taken possession of the government commons would add millions of dollars aon cally to the nations wealth this is another of the recent enterprises of the government that n ill be w arched u ith interest |