Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-11
POINTERS FOR THE FARMER.
INTERESTING READING FOR AG-
RICuLTURAL READERS.
Grasses for Pasture and Orchard
Mule or Horse Colts--Break-
ing Colts--Constitutlonal De-
fects--Farm Notes.


Grasses for Pasture and Orchard.
One OF the most successful OF wide
awake farmers in the United States
has recorded his opinion, based ON
twenty years experience, that a mix
ture, OF which orchard grass is the
leading feature, is far in advance OF
the ordinary timothy and clover mix
ture. Orchard grass possesses the
great advantage over timothy that 1t
is ready to cut at least three weeks
earlier. And this means two things:
i, That it can be cut before that de-
testable weed, the ox-eye daisy, has
zone to seed; ?, that the early cutting
allows the growth OF a heavy after
math, such as can never be produced
By the later maturing timothy, And
added to these substantial advanta-
,es- either OF which is sufficient OF it
self TO Justify the encomiums passed
upon it's another OF very great inn
portance, namely, that heavy seed
ing Of it, combined with othergrasses,
on properly prepared land, will make
meadow that can be moved Tor a
score OF years, producing all that time
third more weight OF hay annually
than the common method OF seeding,
Since timothy and clover mixtures re-
quire renewal every three or four
years, the advantage in favor OF the
orchard grass mixture is enormous.
The following mixture. Tor either hay
or permanent pasture, is highly rec,
commended: Orchard grass, meadow
foxtail, sheep iescue, Rhode Island or
creeping bent, hard tescue, sweet
scented yernul, meadow fesCue, En-.
glish rye-grass, Italian rye-grass, red
| top. One hall OF this should be orch
ard grass, and II the best results are
to be obtained the quantity shown
should be so large a. fairly to take
the ordinary farmers breath away,
namely, fifty to seventy-tive pounds
per acre, according TO the richness Of
the soil. To this should b. added,
sown separately III the spring, ten
pounds OF red or mammoth clover,
Ii this seems a heavy outlay, il Is 20
be taken into tile account, as an
eminent authority puts Il, that FIVE
acres treated By this method would
produce as much as twenty five acres
treated after the usual method
Seeding down IN this fashion is "higl
| farming. in the best sense And that
kind OF farming is what the future vii
demand. Getting two blades 81 grass
to grow where one grew before Is bat
a step toward the grand result which
| farmers must aim ~ II the agricultural
industry, on whitehall other iudustric:
depend, is to be- nprotitable one in til,
coming time, not lar away, when tn,
population OF this country will be Z
hundred millions, aud the "struggl,
for existence" will besharpand urgent
There is vast saving III labor ant
cost in getting from five acres the SAM
Quantity of any product ns iron
twenty and the farmer who sue
ceeds in accomplishing it is the on
who will make farming pay.
II is claimed for the orchard gras
mixture gwen above that it is NOR
nutritious, pound for pound, as n fee,
for cattle and sheep than timoth,
hay. A careful observer found tina
on changing the feed Of his COWS iron
hay made from orchard grass, Glove
and other mixed grasses, to timoth,
hay OF good quality, the tri-weekl,
churning OF butter fell offfrom twenty
five pounds to seventeen pounds, ant
no increase OF grain food could b
safely given that would restore tn
loss.
Farmers would find it to their nd
vantage to study carefully these eS
periments OF progressive, carefal mer
and try for themselves, on sma
scale at first, whether these thing
are So" To go on year after year 10
a lifetime making a lifelong blunde
through following the old ways, i
surely not the part OF wise and prt
dent men. Rash experiments are no
, advisable, OF course. There are no
many farmers who can afford to TAX
great risks with new things. Blu
neither can farmers afford to neglee
well-attested improvements in farm
ing methods. 1.-THE best" and onl
that, sis good enough" for the Amer
can farmer.