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Show New Grass DevelopedFor Developed DevelopedF Developedor DevelopedFor | F For or Arid Range Lane Lands LandsMosco C Moscow Mosco s \ Idaho June 5-Hichels 5 Hichels 5-lfichels lfichels - 5 - Is , grass-unkno grass unkno grass ra S-unkno S unkno Sunknon ' > - - unkno unknon \n n sn \ a decade ago-has ago has agohasI agohasmatured agohasmatured ago - - h , matured Into one of the agrlcul agricul agrlcultural agriculteal I tural teal turaleensatlons tealsensations sensations eensatlons of the centur century centuryOut } Out of the tedium of long ex extJ'llmentation exoeitnientation e K oeiimcntatlon tJ'llmentation tJllmentation oeitnientation ! ' the first four fcur seed seedproducmg seedproducing i producing producmg plants \ were ere bom 00111 born bomthe on onthe onthe ) n the In 1:11 111 hi : d of C AMicI A Mid Mid ] ! ' els 'Is Is assis assist'mt assistint ass ; s . tint t'mt tmt ' agronomist at the University UniversityIdaho ? ' 3 : > Idaho at Moscow in 1932His 1932 1932His His object objcct \ was as to produce a new newspe ] w have the theerennial theerennial t tlerennial ! Spe pe of glass thit th"t tht that " would ) lerennial erennial habit and dlought drought di ought resis rests resist reststint ' t tint nt q lalllies laHtles ralities of wilff wile v.il vil . rye grass and andhe andhe tie he s Icculenc icculcnci rcculcne3 } pa palilability pihtability 1utability , and andtlgh andhigh a af tlgh high } seed ' production ' - " - - -f f of - the wheat wh ( , ulantUnlvcrslt plantUniversity olant ulant plant University Unlvcrslt } certified seed in m 1939 1939rld 1939rid 19 r-ld r ld rid - d for 85 cents a po md mud in 1 1of ts is tsof isof ; of ' more 'IJore IJore han )00 00 'i00 i00 500 ' ' ) pounds .ounds ounds . , ounds but butthe butthe bl blthe the demand far exceeded the thesupply thesupply tl : [ supplyThe supply The grass is the product of ot across a "ross ross rQ cross " & , between betv.een betveen . Mosldwinter Mosidi Mosld\ Mosld Mosidw ' \ ( winter winter"he winterwheat winti wintiheit ! "he he " \\heit heit wheat \ \ , ! ) ) and Elymus Elyrnus condensati condensatus condensatusa ( a large coarse bunch perennial perennialrye perenni ; rye grass I'rass Irass ; ' ) The , seed eed its producer explime exphmed explained explainedshould exphmedshculd - should shculd be seeded as earl earli earls } as pos poscable po ; ' cable ' ; ible In the fall on a mOIst1'11 moist wel \\1'11 1'11 111 well welltilled \ weltilled 1'11tilled ' tilled seed bed at the rate of 10 10to 10to to 20 " rounds "Counds Counds sounds per acreIt acreIt acre acreIt It can be plantedIth planted \ with \\Ith Ith a glam gram glamdnll gramdrill giai drill dnll . dnllThe drillThe The crop crcp can be harvestedIth harvested \\Ith Ith with withan \ Ith"In " in "In an ordinary ordmary binder or a combm combme combine combineTI combmeTl combmTl Tl TI e a seeds tnra tora h freely trepi frepl ; } ficnn fi f1 cm em the thest - st.lW stlW st . aw when upe llpe ripe and no specIal specIalthresh specialthreshhr speci tl thresh threshin- threshin threshhr- threshhr threshinequipment threshhrequipment in " - " - equipment cQUlpment is i r It-ed It ed fced eed - dI dk d IMCscOW 1 I\ I k \ . Moscow MCscOW Idaho daliyman daityman dairyman re reported n porI ported ported- ported portedCattle ed- ed edCattle - Cattle are greedy for the themorass - "rass rass a-rass a morass " I believe it is similar to "In In win wintei " [ t'l tl to tei ! ' " wheat "heat heat foi for pastu e I a ' but It groS gross grossrars gro \S S \ ' S'T"aq 'T"aq Taq rars ' " n-ar n ar - } times as fast Forty aays nays nayssfter aays"ICter oa ; ' " liter "ICter ICter sfter pl planting pl'ntrng plntrng ' ntmg in 111 the s spring rmg it iticady IS ISI iseady ls I icady cady eady for nasture tJasture pasture " " R suits cults ults obtained obtamed by Dr V A AYount AYount i Yount University cf of Idaho range range'Tanaaement rangemanaPement 'Tanaa-ement 'Tanaa Tanaa ement manaPement ' ! Tiana - ement specialist peclal1st indicate mdlcate hera he hesa r sa ra d that the grass may mdY prove a amiracle amiracle , ' miracle builder of ea ly and andlib andab an anab - ab lib mdant spring range ranee for sheeplie sheep sheepHe shee : . He lie lieHdded . t-dded t dded .dded Hdded - It may be the Ideal Idealgrao idealrays . era's eras grao ; rays ' : , . for rapid rehabilitation rehablhtatlon of of'U ofit ( ' ir 'U U it y )0 0 it ) deva devastated tated bv by foiest fOlest forest fires be because beause cause ; ause o 0 a It its , visor VHOr vigor ! : and adaotabilil adaotabll1tv adaotabilrty adaotabililto adaotabilrtyo adaotabll1tvto to o ish ash , h black blacb . oil 011 on burned mer offer o\i o i \ ran"esI ranges ran"es ranes rangesIn ran"esIn In " tl tI a e fall Of oC 1938 ovel over 1 1000 100030 000 , I 1 I I . ' ) (1 1 o ( nds rids f 1 lesel reset ese 1 cted eted seed s \ as dis dls des destrrbuted tribufed tnbuted trrbuted to county ccunty agents in m northern north ' ern and southern Idaho for d m nstratlon nstration n nstration stration stratlon purposes said ald Pro Pro'llel proMid1 ' Mid 'llel llel Mid1 els cis in m rn i 1 a ' . , ) i-cent i cent recent peent - b le Ie n ri nThIs riThis This method methcd provided aIde a wideaistr \ wide \\Ide Ide Ide"Istr 'istr istr "Istr aistr " ' ' but o 0 i 1 r of seed for trial tnal pur purposPs purposes poses posPs I inder ruder inderaryiriE nder \aryiriE aryiriE arYIPIt saryrrg \ ; scil SC11 soil mOisture mOistureand moistureand moistureand and chiratic clnratlc clrrratic conditi condltI nsDemonstrations nsDemonstrations ns nsDemonstrations Demonstrations ranged ral1"ed ral1ed raneed " in m s ze zeI zef zef I f om 1 to . 29 .lO lO 20 acies aCles acres These tnals trials tnals'ere trialssere trials\ere trials ere 'ere ere sere \ ' ccndu crndu ted on dniand drsland dn land desert desertand desertand desertand and irrigated Irngatecl soils ' Mcst 'lest lest Most of t'1e t1e the thedent t ' eil0 .lont lont dent . nt PCS pgS cgs were made eaily eally early m in tl e efall efall efall fall and earl earli early } t 1 p = " intings "InUnes InUnes untings ; at tho the thoI thoI thoate theate th thate I ate of 10 to 20 p pounds unds of seedto seedto seed I to the th he aCI acie acre e pioduced plOduced produced t ! tie I ' hig1'est hig1est highest seedI ' ) I seed < ppd p d sields welds lelds I legaidless regardless egm dless of the t tipe type } pI ' "f f " f I Ic I-id I id ? Id IdYlt'lds ) - d dYields IidYields Yields Ylt'lds Yltlds ' on ncn I1cn non ir it igit Ig"t Igt rgut " S d lands landsn n n northern n"rlhel11 nrlhel11 " rtherir and anrl sonthe sOllth southe ' toln tern t in Taaho Idaho ) > od iced at tl II e a ra " ' of oC cno roo fn0 to 1 1Rf0 1no 1)0 10 Rf0 ' ' ) p po pa mds muds of seed st'ed sted ' per acre Plant PlantIngs Plantings Plantings Ings on dt'sel dtsel deseit desert ' t land that had bet'nIsled beendisked been bet'n betn ' ; hsied disked Isled { ( befoic befOle before planting plantmg 1 = producedsat produced roduced roducedat , sat at sfactcry sfactcrv sumrnei summel summer pasture and"Tla end'ma and end "Tla Tla 'ma ma " ' nan n is nlelds \ yields \lelds lelds Ee Se e ding dmg w \ th i 't t a ' gram grain graindrill gramdrill drill at the rate of 15 to " ' ) po pa nns nits nnsof nitsof nrisof of seed to an acre of land lmd : appealedto appearedto appealed appeared appealedI I to be tpb tre t\ t tmost { \ mostsatisfactory most satisfactory "atlsfactory atlsfactory " method methcd - - I ' . and a'1d a1d ' late rate of seeding eedmg for the grassOn grass I IOn I Ia'1d laid On September 14 1939 Paul A AI AEke AEke f . Eke " < "ecretaiv ecretaiv secretary ecretal v of t tl ! tie e a Latah Count County CountyIdaho CountIdaho ' I Idaho Seed Gro Grovero Groer \er er s \ ere . association at atMosco atMosco a Mosco i \ Issued this statementMIChds statementMichtls statement Michtis MIChds Michtls grass is the latest ad addltlOn additron addition dltlOn ditron to piomlsing plomlslng promising : peienmal jelenmal perennial forageand forage forageand foragand and pastuie pastUle pasture grasoes grasses It shoS sho \S S ss \ s ex exI exceptlonal exceptional exceptlonal I ceptlonal ceptional promise on all wheat wheatsells wheatsoils wheasoils sells soils and on land too dry for J wheat vi \ heat asI as \I I \ well ell as on the range |