Show FOR A GOOD PASTURE r A jessen salt lake City write experiment pediment peri ment station for informs t in ia regard to seeding seed ing a acre adfor for pasture As our ranges are bg 41 narrowed down each year the r or of suitable pasture becomes ol of oral importance and so eo it was best beet to answer mr jessen b the press i with ith be letter sent ent a rough sketch OK ba the ground with tile the following eption of the soil 1 1 grivelli gravelly Gro Gri velly soil heavy black sage aage i 2 I 1 clay bottom soil white while and black fa I 1 iva good strong bottom soil ou gravelly body and clayey sage brueh aud and r alue greasewood natural with rabbit brush s ir Alf cali swamy the let er states elates that to at the altitude is fam to feet and that the iuliu occurring ii ie of lime or gyp DRUMA eam li it would appear that there is a mishke in regard to the alkali being com r 4 men gyp gy paura sura and I 1 would mitat some of it bi be sent to the station in ader that its true nature may be ae af the altitude IB somewhat nh for clu clovers vers though I 1 believe it tat bt to try them rabbit babbit brush white sw age and gres greasewood sewood indicate the prence of alkali but it if it is not too trong a very rich soil will generally be found in making a pasture the idea to ie to ga grasses that bat mature at different haw and ad mix these BO oo that all through ate season geagon there will be one or murk more gres gressell sels of the mixture at their beet beef by tuis liia means there to is a continuous of grass from early spring to tote tall all aside from this we have found ad at this experiment station thal tha mixture proved to be nearly as good tain main as any one of the grasses graimes taken separately on soils molls classed sia as no 1 above sow now U the follo following mixture per sure acre red beu clover aver 2 pounds tall meadow oat gram gnu 7 pounds orchard grass 7 meadow meadow fescue 6 5 pound eis rescue fescue 2 pounds fit fotr soils sails classed as no 2 dry or of mammoth clover 2 pound tall jj meadow oat graw 5 houndt 2 grasp ft pound meadow ineido kaluso a 6 pounds pound timothy 2 pounds for soils oils classed as an no 3 8 dry leavine peavine or mammoth clover 2 pou pound adt 3 tall al meadow out oat grass 3 grass 8 pou pounds tide tall fescue 8 gounde pot tode timothy 4 pounds por for solis soils classed as no 4 dry aeike olover clover 2 pon pounds adia tall meadow oat grass 8 kounat orchard grass gram 8 pounds tall all fescue 8 pound timothy 4 pounds gounde jj il any 0 of the ibe soil under classes 2 8 aid 4 are wet for any length of time sitter tall or spring the orchard grask and tall meadow grass must be omit omitted tee the tall lescue and reb reu top LOP put pot into the mixture tor for soils classed as no 6 5 alsike alseike dover 3 houndt tall pounee reid fed tot top 10 pounds it if it le io too wet for red top then use the following oo on N 5 water lescue fescue 19 floating meadow graba 10 pounds gounde water meadow grass grase 10 vo younus anor it if there are spots on which the alke alkali it is so 0 o strong that vegetation dots dote oot not occur it may be well to try the australian salt aalt bush these mixtures way may be somewhat some what modified to suit different condition but in so doing a few point should hould be remembered clover should always be in the mixture if possible putt inic red on the dry diry thin pea vine or mammoth on the abe richer soil and alalie on the damp or wet soil orchard grass and tall meadow oat grasi are very to water and tim timothy ottay will not stana eland swamp land at all meadow fescue is best beat tor for ane dry soil while tall fescue does well on a rang of soil from dry to quite wet it if tt tit ground la Is very vt ry neb timothy tily my b increased to live five pounds per acre but on the very poor thin suits it uld be reduced to ilot more than one pound per acre mr says that pt at best he only intends tj clear the brush oft and keif tue surface with a disc harrow 23 ii it 11 is lo 10 0 o be seede i to lo grasp by all lueana the ground should be plowed aou vio alo harrowed this method delbou win surely pay the seed can be obtained from any of the large beed ceeil houses bouges elther east easl ut ui west the australian salt busu busa cau cab moat likely be obtained from the isau francisco Fra norco seed seea house A A MILLS agriculturist utah experiment sta tiou |