The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-03-26
Austrian Bromme Grass.


oerninK the new forage plant of which
" made in last weeks LEADER:
* will take this opportunity to answer
a nuwber of inquiries concerning Aus.
trian bronze grass. otherwise. called Hun.
garian bronze gt..ss and Awuless bronze
grass.
This grass ia uat'7e to the interior al
Russia. 4 region very similar to portion.
vt the DakOtas. It see,ns to have bean
there years. aud is very CON
monty grown there tUday. Two Russian
gentlemen visited our institution last fall
who could speak only a little broken Eng
li>h. 1 was quite amused to ses how
quickly they call out "brumns iuermus.'
when l showed them some lunches of ,hi.
grass which l had curing for illustrative
pur pOsea.
l remember that the generous editor of
the Farmer offered his subscribers sam
pies Of this seed last spring viii ,h I hop.
most Of you took a. advantage of. If you
did not secure some of the seed last sea-
s"n. do not let the opportunity pass
should he zee fit to renew thut o6.r this
year. People often fail to reulize what
value a s'nall package of seed will bring
III II few years if it il given good care. 1
know a man who has mad, Il vast sum of
money III growing seed wheat WIN began
with Il single kernel of wheat which had
fallen by accident in an oat field.
In 8 l seeded two acres of land in
.he corner "f an eighty acre field to this
grass. I seeded it with oats as Il nurse
,'rop. [ haze since learned from MANY
''urces in additional to my own expert!
-ncs that will not succeed we'll with n
Nurse crop of any kind, aud should under
40 circumstances be seeded with gram
| he next season il mad. Il vpry poor
the growth being what I cousid-
only n third Of a stand. TIE clover
rant all over the field, and AZ a con.
sequence the stand uf timothy and clover
eeded on the remainder of the field WAS
likewise a poor stand, but better taan the
bronze grass. icing very anxious to nave
that piece of land i'll grass, I gave it a full
seeding with timothy and red olOvor again
the following spr,us. The Timothy and
lover s:td came up thick ON the rome
>rass ground, making about three.fourth.
Ut the entire growth the next year. From
That time on the bronze grass seemed to
to the especi.l detrimeut Of th4
I'm THY. littleOf which was left last sea.
'o"; the third since re~eedins with timothy
and Clever. The clover cunstituded a smaII
Ieic ntaYe of the mixture and eems n,
nj. LIS pltcs with the bronze grass fuirly
well, Il fact which leads me t think they
nav grow we'll together whers tner. i.
>ui1c"st raiuk.Il for the clover To sues ...d
Ii : Alexander .Allin sowed some
'a"rial bronze gras: ON his Di.key Gun.
7" farm at the suggestion of Prof Waldrnn.
't me >SatioL. He r.purts good results
from it.
HIS -.lchOla of the sane county h,s o,.o
'e"sed IL Tor three Seasons, a, d in We
pleased with it. j.. w. Hawk has some of it
,'o"i-I lii the western part Of Ca>s couut,
Il" has hat small quantity of it for
seas ',s. and is we'll pleased with f..
ii"". D.. Il. Casey has grown it in the
''f'" part of StntS.nan county, North Da.
alta. tor several Seasons in an extended
sAay'' "av'"g u Considerable ACREAGE, and
'. REPORTS :".nst excellent psrfo, nance for
. "a the Minnesota experiment staff. n
'nt!l" Il; st. Paul. and on their northwe,,
"anch stntlOn farm at CrOukstun. Prof.
.s"j" Reports uniformly good results from
lac b."nne graS-. He further states tina.
tao stand has been good and the Void
satisfactory On the moister soils of tn. ST.
station grounds at St. Anthony PARK.
t''ol. Hays, Of the Minnesota Station an.
1 r"f. BtNford. of the MannitOba expert
:nen'Ai ut Brandon Mannltoba, find Nv
':iil'ulty in destroying the sod when it i,
iesired to do vi. rot. Bedford has hat
'x years ex perience in growing it, which
his opinion much weigh. He reports
good results from shallow blowing i'm
jmtdiattly after the crop of hay is remov-
cd. He backsetts the ground ii the fall a,
which ti'ns he finds that the sod is dead.
tbs grass was allowed to fully ripep
the 9 ed and stuhble was plowed NICER
'f'er cutting 1t he fonnd the sod to Dc
rotted when he came to backset i,
the fall.
Austrian bronze gras, stars growth
very early in tine spring and is very little
by frost, staying green until late
II the fall. 1t stands drouth exceptionally
veil, 50 much SO, that a Mr.. Gluyas who
in Williams county, North Dakota.
las nick named it "King of the Desert"
has 100 acres of it growing. the most
If which is in exeIent condition, It. forms
! very compact sod and makes Il hay a.
equal to timothy. It makes a strong
of leaves and forms an exellen,
pasture, especially when it gets th,ckened
p AFTER ~stanaing three or fuut years. A.
I'D sod of this grass is much like 4 sod OF
'lue Gras. for density and ~leatness. The
rass !snot unlike blue grass in the form
t the stalk and head, except that it is