Show 7 I IV V tr Grass Five Mixture Popular in Indiana Pays Off in Higher Quality Hay Pasture Farmers in 12 northeastern Indiana Indiana Indi I ana counties swear by a grass 5 mixture that pays of off In extra tons tom of high quality ty hay bay and pasture The combination Includes timothy brome red clover Ladino clover and alfalfa reports Walter Rusk county agent of Huntington county This legume-grass legume combination he said could profitably be used by b farmers in other states When plenty of fertilizer carry carrying nitrogen phosphate and potash f bused is b used at seeding time and plant nu nu- nutrients nutrients are top-dressed top each year this grass 5 mixture has yielded a as I much as 3 tons of hay at the first I Y i ev Five acres of ot the grass 5 mixture mixture mixture mix mix- ture on the Norman Thompson farm near Huntington Huntingdon Indiana cutting on many farms One farmer farmei in the area insists that 5 acres of the mixture provides more forage than he previously got from about acres of pasture Norman Thompson who farms near Huntington Indiana report reports that he grazed 27 head of cattle including in eluding 16 milk cows and 11 calves as well as small pigs and 16 sows for 5 weeks on a acre 5 pasture seeded to the grass 5 mixture Rusk points out that the well fertilized fertilized fer legume-grass legume mixture is doing doing do do- doing ing an important soil building job besides giving farmers a preferred position in forage supplies The taproots tap roots of ot the legumes drill down deep to keep the soil open and wel well ventilated They add organic matter to improve the soils soil's and drain drain- age Large quantities of organic matter in the soil mean increased water-holding water capacity They make it possible to get the best possible efficiency out o of every ton tOD tonof tonof of fertilizer used |