White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-05-11
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Ka..ns Graoes.

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Mr. Isssc H,usr, Of Anderson County.
Ks,sss, lately reed an exhaustive essay
Ssfors the Agricultural Socisty Of thu
State, on Kansas grasses. Tho salient
poiuts Of the essay. and the discussion
that sueoesded. were % follows:
All kinds Of artificial grasses can be
srovu, successfully in Kansas. The
several kinds Of grasses demanded difis-
reut kinds Of soil; some bard. and others
losmy soil. All grasses must not BE-
Rrased too closely in- summsr or winter;
tbsss must be sufficient growth Of top
ersss to protect the roots from frost 10
vintsr and heat in summer. Itpsys we'll
to manure grsss IN Kansas. The writer
hes . farm six miles northeast Of Gar.
pstt. ssd has bad twenty yssrs experiences
10 raising stock to manure The land.
There IL more profit raising stock end
grass thsn grsin. Would not farm il ]
could not raise tame grass.
At this point the writer compared the
wheat. corn and hay crops. showing that
In denssly populated States the hay crop
stands first 10 value. and; second IN the
United States. Glover should b rsised
for hogs; one acre will pasture seven
hogs, and 10 the moet economical % well
% the best food for them. Grass il
important o. fertilizer. if plowed unde'
when in bloom. Rsd clover 10 IN ex
cellsut msnurisl erase; one crop on %
acre II e valuable a. ten or twelve loads
Of bsrnysrd mssurs. Every farm should
Be bsnk Of deposit to the successful
farmer. 49,
Mr.. Reynolds thought tbst blue grass
did we'll 10 forests.
Mr.. Ryan said be had been bloc grass
man oil his life. aud would not stay in Z
State unadsp,sd to its growth. Aftel
observation and experience in different
parts Of Kansas. be Was truly convinced
that blue grass will do we'll. It is o
slow growth. and must be put in will
other grasses. Rolling lands are bcs
sdspted to it.
Bloc grsss will support stock in fin
order without any other food. H
thought blue grsss rooted out ill othe
grasses snd weeds. BY spreading unde
the ground Is strawberries spread sbov
ground. hence the superiority Of thi
grass. 1t is the best pasture grass. bu
cot so good for hay as other grasses.
Lieutenant Governor Elder though
blue grass was native grass. and tba
ito successful cultivation was not mat
ter Of doubt, He was not certain wheth
e. orchard grass was good for hay, bu
proposed to try it. Tame grasses ar
fer more profitable tbsn prairie grass
because when the frost withers it, cattl
slways decline. He thought the raising
Of tame grasses and cattle the most pro
ftsble for the Kansas farmer.
Mr.. Bennett had little experiences. bu
considerable observation. The frst yea
he had plowed twelve inches deep. hsr
rowed and sowed clover and Timothy
mixed; then. upon the same land
he sowed three pecks OF oats to the acre
During the lirst year he Graded the ost
10 high ss be could; and tho next yes
he cut two tons Of hay to the acre from
the land. Cot and stacked the bay. and
it proved to be better for stock than any
bay and corn mixed.
Major Hudson Thought that timbe
land would set we'll in blue grass. bat tn
weeds must be kept down. Had it'll
experiences in raising clover. We Or
blowing too much land for profit. which
lies more in pasture than raising grain.