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Show Value of Brome Grass. BSHpT Wo doubt If very many Wostoroj W fnrmoro 'jully appreciate tho valuo of A: Jk th,B "oontly Introducedgrnfia 'urouiw jfc"Wf , grass, Bomotimea callod BromiiB jf InormiH. Wo had a caller at tho oflloo last week, n vory Buocossful Btookmau from Utah county, who has bod oonsiderablo oxporionoo with this grass and who oonsidors it tho best grass bo far known for this arid region. Wostern farmers havo confined con-fined thoir forago crops thus far too largoly to lucorn. Whilo lucorn is a very valuablo forago crop tho king of forago orops yot sucoossful farming farm-ing noooHsitntes tho uso of a number of orops. I3romo grass is n doop rootod plant aud consoquontly thrives whoro thoro is n lack of moisturo; in . . faot, from somo oxporimontsconduot- i od by tho writer, thoro is no doubt but that over irrigation of Bromo is I , moro injurious to tho crop than a k . fulloro to irrigato at all. Tho gross forms u olosoly knit turf and after n St ' . crop of bay is takon oir, tho utter- ff ' math fnrniabeB oxcollont gpsturago. ' It yields both bay aud pnsturago in t surprising umount. Indood, from obaorvatious mndo as to tho number of oattlo on u Bromo graBa pasturo, it ,- is ovtdout that it givos muoh bottor 6- roturu than tho woll known timothy I and rod top Wo honr repeatedly of I ' tho great pofisibllities of tho Woat ' mul how tho pooplo aro awakoning to I lft -$ tho Advantages of dairy and livo stock ' husbandry, but thoro is no siuglo faotor that will work out tho agrloul-V agrloul-V turo Balvatiuu of tho Woat quickor than tho introduction of tho grontor varioty of graBSOs on our pastures. Lot Bromo graBaos bocomo known and i , tho farmers will bogln to roalizo that horo hi th'n Golden West aro oppor-tunltlos oppor-tunltlos for livo stock husbandry i unoxcollod any whoro in tho world. Dosoret Farmer. |