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Show HONOAMAN OllASS,,: J MzssEs.irbns r TneiMoraTaijcm)." . f perceiving that'you.tescrye.aicotnerjO jourj valqablq paper, for 'communications ppopsg., rlculturc, I offer the result; ofmy: !expcrimen,ti in the growth X-tbe Hungarian ;gr'assi for ;the! consideratlbn of, the furmers of' Utab,repc'clal ly that portion locatrd at adlstancojfrom jbe lovlunds or natural meadows; andft.tndecd,, even those pjssesslng thataluablo adjunctito u good formi ajtaa of dtsietgnm ian&s f in. the spring of i867,,I received frpm Bls'hop John Bowbcrry about a tablespoonlufof Hungarian Hun-garian grass seed, whieh l sowed tn drills In my garden,, I gathered about fhalf" ft' pcclc6f seed In the falls 1 auwed'a Small' port ion of this inciaso in tho spring1 of )858-fiaring (6 trust tha'wholo in th""j ground, lest I might-need It tb sow n', some faoff place of rerugcj,froms this sowing; leathered about a. peck -of seed; I.carefuljy measured tho gronnd a'nd -.weighed the bundles of grassland found It yielded at the ! rate of three and a half Ions "te the .wire, Vn land thai would not have 'produced -'tweuty bushels of wheat, fb tho aero., ' ' 1 ( - In tho sprins.of 1889,1 sbwed,the increase of. thu.twq preyjQUSyeafs bn.three acres.ofjand, seeding very lightly, ap nsjto get "tho grcatet amount of seed, I sowed" the seed between theJstand 10th of June; the weather contlnu. log yei-y dry,jiut a smaU'portlon tame!up,."but It tillered out well and preycnteii ,th6 igrpiyth at wewU, I have near ofijje "tons, of hayt frpm which ! thrashed, ilxtythreVbushfjirof good clem seed, anddi,rc:tusbel of ' ipiVfripr. ieed 7 he gvod,iiecd weighs forEy'fuOr' and ,a) !mifpqunds,toiho.bu8hei'(ofqur '. ' , The straw Iconhlder, superior to.rppst of ,nr native ,hay,.-otwj()istandhg' it -.wa eutlrciy" nenuded. of ijis leaves jn; thrasbjng,-'a"l thrahed with. a machines "-. t. - Tbo. land uron; wilch;I raised this; crop .bad been la cultivation "for. feveii years-previous . aeyer was manuredand jh IU; palmiest 'days never yielded oyer, twenty buihcls of wheat per acre; on. a portion of the plecs more molsitban the rest the seed, came up well;: thet grass :meas sored near, four feet in height, and yielded (a estimated by ourbest Judges la such matter at the rate of four ton per acre. . r , ; The, seed Is rich, ia oIl,.yieldlDg an Oily mucus when boiled, evidently possessing fat; ienlng properties In atw.ealnent degree. The best time for bowing 4s from the Jfith of April to.the 1st of. May;.rt,l'he best time .crjl Is when the seed Is la the dough. iBywaterfng' Just beforo cutting, and irrigating every la or It days thereafUr, a second crop will gprlng HHSRIillBliVIHH8HHHHi algrsA t, wilOta ikuJat iTT I sat Mellon tWki ponUV uf,' dlttoa when fed upon It aloaej thst I would do at well ad give OTe 2 w I fed with itthaa whca fcd iff. jjj with the cora oa It, aad thai he Ui Z' ' horses badly foundered with It. wlJtT' H dlclously fed at first, all $Uikk I Kfii' Hero, fro y own eipctkace JkjT tion to bo correct ii I Froai the oily aatare tsf the Medium,.. I tKehayiwhfa olca, Wfflu I pWveaticrt rich JaieafoMeit fopMjii I cakulated.to coaaactthe Wuriotue I have long since hcn coavincu'j' tL h. pregaated. " Aaif will fill lite -blir,, and 'WnWiseethMffi can bo ?fcWaedvI wlirjvat. It, ratkrZ I to haul a corimk&mVMh? U.t hld( atfi We umxu , M ' . 'X"MHly; . . '"u ' -Wa -ir'ai.yt " 'Itfti City, March t, 1 80, TrT |