Show i i PROMISING FORAGE CROP Brome Gra Grass Bromus for or Meadow and Pasture II Its Greet Alue Under Arid ld Climatic of the lie Utah Ulah MaHon MaHonI I It II is on within recent years says Prof Luther Foster of the tho ExperIment Station that tbs this grass gral has been adopted for tor use ule In agriculture I It had been previously consIdered as a host yer very dl difficult cul to eradIcate because or of orIs Is its Experiments extending over or thirty year years In Hungary demonstrated Is its power to withstand Ion or of drouth to which most other presses succumbed This result was wall confirmed b my own tons during the seasons ot of 1890 1690 to 1593 In a test for the United Sta States tes tural department at the tho South Dakota Experiment Station More than twenty of the most moat promising varieties ot of grasses were siere In this merit ment and the smooth brome grass eX cx eXcelled celled al all others In ability to withstand druth I It remained fresh and green In the tal tall for tor some time after al all other kind I Ism r and dr dry When welt ell In the sol soil It lives continuously fl t Is vigorous and hardy has strong creepIng under underground underground ground stems and its leafy shoots grow to a 11 height of thre three or four feet reet It forms a very sery tough sod and andi soon crowds out al all other grasses as 08 I ItelI 11 al as clovers and The super lor br hardiness or of this grass gru Is shown 1 by Is lt the extremes of the Dak ta climate and also by its Hs coming th the Canada wInter winters without I the lie protection of snow and through the J anns drouth uninJured I It scents little influenced by climatic chanes It starts ear early In the he spring and under conditions Ireen green and amid succulent Until late In the rai fall Close Clos does not ki kill It I It Is recommended for tor light und sandy sells and the tho il dry farms of this State 1 It Is not a as suled to low wet Ivet lands as some other grasses While It ma may b be considered essentially a pas paR pasture ture grass on neco account lt of 11 its hOI heavy leaf growth and compact so sod yet et It Is large largel l I used 1 d fur meadows In the ho Dakotas producing from ole one to four tons or of hay per acre which Is sid said to ful fully equal timoth In anti Tue he I seed td Is now nor plentiful end Ia may le be obtained I It Is usual urual ly h sown In th tIme and the tho earlier this york work Is done donI the beter better wIll bethe v opportunity for the st sie to secure mols ture enouGh for Cor germination l fl plowIng put Into rod good condition by dl harrowing borrowIng And I Is the best Ir IC the Is II done one a dri drill thle there Is moore certainty of WIt h berIng the PM peed placed In moIst ground covered deep enough to Insure thin lul lint I It does not feed wel through most and ray may require constant attention to make mako the work Broadcast sowing I i moisture I I plentiful and the land ls II In good d with the tho harrow or disk It If tet seed Is or of quality and stirs tl 1011 covered 20 0 Pounds per ller acre wi will be enough Ved mn may amort among the th grass the first year ear lut but they n ar lure sure to I 1 drIven out u as soon oon as It tl a fair I All reports Indicate that brom gross gives good results for both pasture a antI meadow but it seems partIcularly well adapted for permanent pasture Jt It should not bo be sown tot fat hay on lands suited to lucern orchard grass It starts early In the spring and comes on Quickly after being closely closel grazed When hen Used for meade a very er hevy second growth springs up oter after the ha hay haycrop crp crop is 18 removed choice tall pasture Several hundred Pounds of this hll reed were distributed over the State 1 two e year years ago by the Experiment Station As far a as heard train from the result have tl been ver eo satisfactory I it would seem em advisable for Carer who have hae pieces of sterile or leht lIght sandy 11 soil or other lands land not under irrigation to 10 lve this Ir grasa L trl I patch Is started It wi will soon oon supply I d to make al all or of the extension desired |