| Show EDITOR EDIT deseret dese news NEW SOwing owing to the peculiar character of this mountain rebion region high elevations interlaced sy by narrow valleys all descending with greater or less deall deail titles fl from r orn oin the base of the surrounding mountains to the yale vale or central depression spots of hay land as they are called are few and ur far between the wild grasses that furnish the far greater portion of the hay are about as nutritive to the beasts that feed upon the them aseere as were the husks to that individual of scriptural celebrity who fed upon them now 0 1 in n my opinion it Is a matter of the firs first I 1 import P I 1 muce ance that we should seek out and cult cultivate besuch such buch Tarlet varieties les ies of the tame grasses as are best adapted for this country and that are at the same time the most nutritious I 1 lucern has proven itsel itself tto to be well adapted for cultivation on our driest soils and is e extremely r nutritious hungarian millet Is another r of the grasses that I 1 con consider of unequalled unequal led importance it will produce on our upland farms from two and a half to four tons per acre it yields about pounds of rich oily seed to the ton I 1 am din aware that great prejudice exists against this his grass both in the states and here because man many y animals have been injured by eating it I 1 have h raised and fed hungarian grass to horses mules and cows on my ray farm for the last eight years and find it the best grass for hay that I 1 ever used I 1 would as soon condemn corn oats or barley and cease raising them for food for animals uni mals because I 1 nave have known many instances of injury and even death to follow as a consequence of careless feeding as to condemn hungarian grass for the injuries dono done by feeding it atas as reckless lya iya a bayonet or wire wimm grass ned na careful pe person would nid uld feed oats barley corn and wheat eat 1 in th the I 1 like ike an animal barley Is more nutritive than oats and wheat Is more nutritive than barley and must be fed in proportionate quantities hu hungarian ri rian grass ass when ted led as bay wit wilh with h the kameju same judgment DR ne n t I 1 ete eve e heavier and lighter grains are fed fe will wili 1 i never n r hurt hunt an animal I 1 have and mules at work every working day in for months and kept them in fine condition on hungarian grass alone except when going to the kenyons kan when a little grain was given instead of the dinner of hungarian grass tooele thoele city Is one of the high places of th the I 1 land and our hay field lies res twelve miles away down hill I 1 have proven to my satisfaction that I 1 can by raising lucene and Hun hungarian garia garla grass on my farm feed my animals che cheaper alper than I 1 quid if some hind kind friend would furnish me the hay land cut cure and put up the hay and give aitto it to defor me for the hauling of it twelve m miles it es up uphill hill cows Cow will swill give more milk when n fea fed upon n hungarian grass than they will when fed with all the native grass hay and carrots that they can cat I 1 am a believer in the old adage waste not want not and if economy and care are used in reserving preserving the corn fodder chaff straw pea vines es and bean dean stock raised on ordinary farms with a small breadth to the growing of the tame grasses a great saving would be the result I 1 havo have kept a hrycow in good condition through our hardest ana and longest winters until good grass came in the spring on one acre of corn fodder by cutting it up fine flue in an ordinary cutting or chaff box I 1 write this for the ther benefit of those living like myself at a distance from natural pastures and bay fields 0 yours truly elle liri B KELSEY RELSEY vine Cot cottage tae g tooele city jan washington washington co jan 20 1 EDITOR deseret NEWS peace and prosperity attend us in dixie the people are unanimous in carrying out the presidents Vs counsel in relation to trading with our enemies in fact a good spirit prevails we hall the telegraph wire vire with pleasure and expect that the day Is not far distant whence when we will have a railroad from one end of the territory to the other we have good winter weather herawi here with th very litte little snow or frost considerable improvements are going on and the people as a general thing are contented and happy and ere ion lon longde we will wit I 1 have one of the best countries in the world we can raise in the open air almost all the fine varieties of grapes for which thousands of dollars are expended in the east and in europe to build greenhouses our gardeners club Is in a flourishing condition and we are making every effort to import the best fruits we now have several fine varieties of grapes growing and doing well and can produce the raisin grape without any difficulty success to you yon in your labors i 1 W at H crawl C 0 ord OED |
