Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-16
ABOUT GLASS STEERS.
This writer Thinks They should Have
Something Iicsidcs Grass.

This writer Thinks They should ua,.
Something nc.idcs Grass.
Tho interesting aud instructive nrti-
clos upon the above subject written aud
compiled from various sources by Mr.
Henry e. Wallace have ID lctod wide
aud hearty attention. TheNnnvo opened
mp field Of practical agriculture which,
while ct Is n simple one, Is OF churnc-
ter that strikes every stoclmun. be ho
great or small. Tho grass crop OF the
country Is by many times the largest
grown. From It the average stock owner
derives much OF his profit. Yet it re-
coives but little attention and thought
at his hands.
No farm crop repays attention 80
quickly as the grass field. From its very
inception II requircsa skin mud diligence
which is seldom felt and appreciated 10y
the ordinary farmer The selection Of
the soodsTor ordinary pasture Is in itself
somewhat Of u science. II requires con
slant study TO lind out, more especially
in new country, what will suit the
climateSnd soil give Us blue grass"
says the Kentuckinn. True, but while
A. tlonrishcs on the limestone formations
Of that state, driving ont all other
grasses, G,ill II does not follow that 70 Is
the best for the loamy, deep soils Of llh-
nois, Missouri and Iowa. some Of It -
necessary, hut you can call upon count
less other kinds aud varieties to assist
The grass seed is delicate. Il needs
warm bed, fine mold on the soil, and
great caro- should be taken when sownd.
In its infancy 1t wants close attention.
II should not be grascd too heavily, and
always before winter comes II should be
allowed during the first years Of It's ox-
istence to cover its roots thicl,ly, 80 as
TO Withstand the iron hand Of Jack
Frost. Greater perhaps than all the
above requisites is that tho field should
be well dried. How often do we SEQ "a
field, carefully seeded down, grow u
fairly good crop Of grass for u year or
two, then relapse into tho old rut Of
coarse, wild grasses. The cause is easy
to find. II wants draining. No plant
requires a dry subsoil so much as the
bottor varieties OF grass. They luxuriatc
whore the drainpipo oxists.i
With such conditions we can nearly
get whnt Mr.. Wallace says IL requisite
10 feeding stoors successfully on grass--
namely, "a full pasture" But more IL
needed. Mr.. Wallace has como to tho
conclusion that steers will gain nearly
rs much on grass alone as when grain Is
fed, at least for two OF three months dur
ing tho summer The proof Of this IL so
ample that It cannot he disputed, and at
first thought 10 would seem foolish 10
spend grain where no evident gain Is
made. Looking at the matter from
stockyards point of view we are all well
aware that the purely grass fed steer OF
equal weight cannot compete with the
animal that has had corn. How often
when autumn comes do We hear OF
GRASSY steers? The glazier coming up
with His stock probably twice year
sees his cattle standing next door to a
pen Of stoora seemingly the Same rs his
own, The experienced oye of the buyer.
who is daily m'l hourly ut his work, do
tocts ut once thp difference, aud n pays
n much higher price for tho lot that
have had corn, Tho magic word Is
NAAfNNs ANA ANll Nv Hfi kf'N IT Oh i.ItlfH
TO perfection. 1t requires tho cornhin
or oilcake crusher TO mako it. We nd.
init that at the height Of the grass sea.
SON q short md freiiug period undor
scorching sun such as we have, the gain
from artificial food 20 little or nothing,
but Ia tho nfter days It tells. II the
cattle are 10 DO carried from summer
into autumn. or even winter, the addi.
ton OF fair amount Of corn or oilcnle
IS soon seen. Ply such treatment they
get tho polish which reveals TO the odu.
Gated cyo the Inherent value when thoy
arc tested on the block, Then they are
weighed in thoscalo and not found want
ing.
We go further. Our able correspond
ent must hayo ga full pasture" 20
get that acme Of perfection you must be
liberal in the way OF feeding the plant.
As you stun the bullock so you attain
this point. Nothing manures Land az