The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
Washbun Saturday February 10 100

Reaide long list of cultivated graes'
a. this station is has proved to be tt
earliest to start growth in the spring Leaf
ing all others by several days. Il al.
Shove green earlier in the spring than an
n'five Of tn" nrairi". ~ autumn it show
~" anne disr"c't oining gree
c,rrespondinoly late, than the native an
other domestic t.:ne %.
] It forms ver" dens" e"' roove denc
than agy other .'v- cs'- eeen. It i
also very deep roofing plant. II pro
duces good yei'd crh," ",on goot
land from ne and half to two and
half tons per acse and have aom.
fin" crona Of IL npon sandy ard Gravel,
anil. The hav ia enna! to tirro'hr hay il
qna''v ncd is little if any harder to cure
when cut.
Th" ''-'" ~ cntt'"" affects the quallty
similarly INIT to a less marked tlegrae thar
1t doea timothy. When timothy r:pene -
seeds the blades dry and ITS STRAW becomes
harsh and woody. while brnmo graaa
-cmain green. Browne gross cnt high
leaves a etnhhle with leaves enough to
have a ome valne for hay.
A pasture upon the station farm at
at Fargo which c,.nsists of eighteen acres
of timothy and two acres If bronze rraes
haa been pastnred with cnttle regularly
each eeason for tina rnet thrcA vcara. Tho
cattle have eaten off the hrome R,aaa
mn"h more closely than they have the
timothy each year. THE atatio, hae cont
ont several hundred ron,a. of the aeed in
nonnd packaees IN the different conrtics
of the state for trial. Some of these .r,a's
have he"n reported upon and have re-
rorta from many persons VII" hive
ohtained aead from ether srourcee. In a
large percentage nf theaa cases the ex-
perimenter has aa;d: A pet lamb. stray
horse or q looae hurch of pigs have
accidentally discovered the plot of rrass
and persisted in revisiting IT until the
grond WAS particaIiv hare. have eean
horses in Williams Country cron it of to
the ground in the month Of June in pre-
ference to prairie grass which was in good
condition. In all the above eases it should
he remembered that the bronze graaa was
Offered in limited guaAtitv and would be
re'irhed IA varietyhut il certainly proves
that it is palatable and of good flavor. II
have noticed that tho hroma ura.. re-
main. green during dry veathsr when
dsias. .ups sbadly.-ssS -
The price, of seed is high at present
making the cost Of seeding dollArs and
'eventy.ave cents to two ana, a half
dollars per acre. It yields a large qranti
y ofseed and requires no extra machine
y to hand'eft more than the grain bind
r and ordinary separator, followed by the
aiming mill. Tia; means. It seems to me
hat as aoon a. the country is storked
nth seed it will cost no more per acre to
mt land INTO bronze grass than it does
ow to put it into timothv.
At;the Assiniboia. experimental farm
! Canada. Superintendent Mackey re-
orts a trial with bronze Kraes hay for
ser feeding. Two lots of three steers
sch we're fed threshed bronze grass hay
I'd native hay respectively, having in
ldittion :eqnat amonnt. by weight of
|age meal anc bran. Their grains were
! followa:
Threshed bronze Rrass hay
Dec. jan. Feb. Mar. Total
lbs. Ibs. lba. lbs. lbs
10 le5 15o 80 355
Native hay
60 100 1s4 65 400
For another comparison wheat ohaH
d bronze hay: were fed with equal quau-
les by weight of grain for each animal:
10 following gains are reported:
Wheat chaff-
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Total.
Lbs, lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. =
1924 1854 2ll 228 1.O25 .
2s5 1852 24s 165 90
Bronze hay ~
800 277 29O 1873 l,Ol5
FOnr steers we're fed IN each Of the
"ve lots. Wnils neither of the above
mpxrlsous are with roughaRe which is
fe here 1t gives q c0mpar,-
ns Of fouds which must mean that it il
t poor inquallty. These trials ale also
iicats that threshed Bronze grass hay
y some value.
rhi. station is now conducting a trial
bronze grass hay against timothy hay
horses. The bronze hay is proving
latabls.- aud IL supporting the horses
lie they are doing hard work.
Four head Of cattle are also upon tris .
threshed bronze hay against. timothy
j. They est # with relish and show
Il the threshe d hay /. csrtaiuIy paIat-
e aud probably nutritour.
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