Show I 1 I 1 J I 1 p I 1 7 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 C S three pasture grasses at a meeting of kansas farmers a speaker said combinations of 0 grasses and perennial legumes legi imea are usually to be ba preferred lo an any single grass loth both for pasture and tor for bay A combination of glasses la Is especially desirable tor for pasture giving more continuous grazing a greater production of 0 pasture more variety and perhaps a bet ter t e r balanced b a 1 an c e d food f 0 0 d ration r at i 0 n in 1 n choosing e bo n g grasses g r a s s e s f for 0 r p pasture a s t ur e t tho b 0 ob object j ec t should h u 1 bo be to select such varieties tb that atthe the deficiency of 0 ono one variety may be balanced by the good qualities of 0 another grasses should be chosen which are different in their periods of growth and their dates f maturing in order to lengthen the grazing period and give the greatest amount and most continuous grazing also a combination of grasses may be made mada which will make a more perfect sod than any one grass will produce and a more permanent pasture to illustrate take a eom of 0 orchard grass meadow fescue anil and droning bromus or chard grass starts very early in the spring makes a rapid growth and aad matures early in the summer it produces little during the drier summer months also it has the characteristic ot of grom crowing ng in lunches bunches but does not form a sod meadow fescue on the tho form a sod meadow fescue on the tho other hand starts late in coo spring makos makes a slow growth in the early part of the season and matures several weeks later than the orchard grass meadow fescue renews its growth in tho the latter part of 0 the season making excellent excellent pasture late into the tall fall like the orchard grass it also grows in tufts but Is not quite so bunchy in its growth hence forms m V till ath orchard grass a better sod than la Is produced bythe orchard grass alone bromus Is quite different in its characteristics acte irom from either of the other grasses it starts very early in the spring and continues green and growing throughout the season being a firm deep rooting grass it withstands dry weather well hence produces pasture during the dry periods when orchard grass and meadow tescue fescue practically cease growing bromus in ermas also grows late into the tall fall it has bas a habit ot of spreading by underground rootstocks root stocks and thus fills up the spaces left between the tufts ot of d orchard brass and meadow dow fescue forming a perfect sod in the region where each ot of these grasses thrives the combination ot of the three should make a much better pasture than any one ot of the grasses seeded alone |