Show GRASS DOES WONDERS Eliy FOK I junction february 20 1948 reed heed canary grass lias has done exceptionally well on oa flooded land mart martels el anderson pluto county soil conservation district supervisor stated recently in III tile the bovo above a picture mr anderson anderaon An derBon Is pointing out to doyle doye lund district conservationist tile density of tile the grass as shown by the stubble mr anderson And ereon has haa been doing experimental work with grasses for many M any years when the pluto plute reservoir Is full in the spring the water covers this farm from adepts a depth of a few inches to three t teet beet water vat L r s stands t t t us oi on it depending ding on spring rains 1 hoods url ui now tast fast the water la Is drawn the reservoir from two to elent weeks until I 1 began seeding reed heed canary grass I 1 was unable to find any grass that would stand this overflow mr air anderson stated while I 1 have experienced some difficulty la in getting gelling the grass started when juneo rooted it has never killed out and it Is now spreading the parents plant in fact he calil the last two springs it has grown up through about 8 laches inches of water making good yield the rest of the year tests and experiments show I 1 reed canary grass will stand large ani amounts of water as gfell as drought it makes large yields and it Is ia very palatable mr air anderson said that tile the seed had to be covered or it did not germinate this observation mr air lund said Is the tha same as countless experiments have lave indicated that unless a good seed bed Is prepared a poor stand will result he point ed out that this Is not possible in established meadows and the rancher should expect only I a rew plants this Is encouraging however as they will spread and it if a few pounds of aeed seed Is sown own beach each year gradually the mea meadow dow will be improved mr anderson said he felt reed need canary grass promises to be one of the best grasses with which to replace a lot of oe the old native grasses pluto flute county ay iy has haa a great need tor for p pasture a atura improvement mr mi adderson and Au derson erson said and rel strides in this direction can bo be made by coo cooperating per with your local sol soil 1 conservation C seT district that la is g getting et d g assistance from ha soil conservation service sen ice ho he urged as many as possible to take advantage e 0 of f this assistance |