Deseret Evening News | 1891-08-18 | Page 3 | The Good Qualities of Rice Grass

Tit- IJ.I jNtlllt nf lltn flrM. One of the grod inalitle of bliie grass lilts strong vitality out pernlstence In grow Ing A bluo gran aturo does not runout a many grasses do. It htruo that drought will dry up a bluo grass pasture nntll ft may seem to havo been exterminated, but with the Ant rains tho Modes will spring np, an 1 In a few di)S tho whole surface will again bo cmered with living green. Por a Mil-sldogro Mil-sldogro on land subject to washing, and where ciltivatt'in shoul 1 bo arotdif 1, It 1 uncualed after It has oLUlnwl a j nnanont foothold, an 1 especially 011 soils of nltmestono character. ThU li not an easy thing to bo attained In all rise, but It Is so desirable cm such lands tint It I worth while to persist In tin attempt until It Is accomplished. If a soli lias enough fertility In It to nourish grass It en generally bo mada to grow even 0:1 quite steep places. In sow lug it 011 doubtful grounds It Is well to uso a mlstnro with other graswst tho mora varieties tho Utter. In their early growth each ono that takua scnes tJ j rotcct nnd strengthen the other, aud If nny finally survives the bluo grass will. Tho gnat jtoint Is to establish a 1 egcta-bis egcta-bis growth that will hold tho soil where It 1. nnd for this purpose blue grors li excellent.