Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-13
HUNGARIAN
BRdh[ GRASS
Wonderful Drouih Resister,
Just The Thing Fer The
Stock Raiser
HISTORY or PLANT
Bromux Inermis Gives Great
Promise For This Arid
Section

A grass TINT gives promise for this
Hection Il Bromus Incrmis Or Hun.
garian Bronze Grass. II IL q wonderful
drouth resister and will drive out the
Russian thistle and black mustard.
DR.. \. i. olney, II. a. Harvey and
other residents Of this region will OK.
pertinent with the plant this year, Con.
corning Bronze grass a Denver OK.
pertinent citation bulletin says.
Tho introduction Of beardless lalso
called smooth, Hungarian md avn.
less) bronze grass tBromus inermis)
into the arid and semtarid regions
Of the west and northwest has given
the people Of those states q pasture
and meadow grass Of great promise.
1t has already been proved that II
will succeed under conditions that
prove fatal to timothy. orchard grass
or afalfa. The area planted Is con.
stantly increasing. and the demand
promises to be greater this spring
than ever before.
Tho experiment stations Of Colorado.
Minnesota, Manitoba, North Dakota.
South Dakota, and the different grass
stations Of the Agricultural depart.
ment. Washington. d. 9, have ccIl-
Quoted extensive experiments. and MI
speak Of 1t In the highest terms.
Smooth bronze grass Ii Il native Of
Europe and Asia, ranging from France
eastward into Siberia, growing along
roadsides. river banks. borders Of
fields and woods, and upon sterile hill
sides and pastures. II Is a vigorous
strong. perennial, with strong, creep.
Ing root stocks. smooth, upright, lcafy
stems. one TO -four feet high, and loose.
open panicles. or seed heads four
to eight inches long. In q fow years
II forms d very tough sod, soon crowd
Ing out the othdr grasses, closcrs
and weeds, Its remarkable dought
resisting qualities have proved Il TO
DO tho most valuable grass for dry
regions where other grasses could
hardly exist.
As II Is thoroughly permanent and
grows WITH wonderful rapidity, pro
ducing heavy crops and luxuriant pms.
ture, It's value to the farmers OF dry
regions cannot be oyer-estimated. All
kinds or stock eat 1t with relish. and
the chemical analyses made show that
II Ia rich III transforming ingrcdi
ents. much more 30 than timothy. II
Is very hardy and not injured BY se.
vere spring and fall frosis when once
established. AS It starts 10 grow very
early In the spring before any Of the
grasscs upon the native prairics show
any signs of llfe, and remains green
and succulent far into November. II
Will supply the long.felt want OF carly
spring and late fall pastures.
The yield q hay from smooth bronze
grass varies from one to four and a
half tons per acre, according to eli
matte conditions. method OF seeding
and fertility Of soil. The quality Of the
hay 10 excellent. fully cqualling that
Of timothy In palatability aud nutrltive
qualities. In order 10 obtain the best
product. the hay should be cut at time
product the hay should be cut ut time
which distinguishes smooth bronze
grass from other hay grasses is that II
does not deteriorate rapidly after the
Towering period, and even II cut
when the seeds are ripe the hay win
have lost but little OF lis nutritiyc
qualities, owing TO the fact that after
the eed.bearing stem has grown up a
large number Of lcafy shoots spring
up from the base. After furnishing
three or four crops OF hay the sod
thickens up too much FOR 4 good
growth Of stems. This thickening oc-
ours sooner IL the grass Is allowed 70
ripen and seed than II does when II Is
cut for hay or II II has been seeded
heavily ut first.
Smooth bronze grass IL essentially
an early spring and late fall pasture
grass. After tho hay crop has been
taken of . heavy growth OF aftermath
or second growth springs up. II seems
to be especially adapted for perman'
ent pastures. Aftor II has produced
several crops Of hay Il chickens up
forming a very compact sod and a
heavy growth OF leaves. II q desires
to use IL for pasture at once Il will be
better TO seed II thickly at the rate
Of about twenty-five pounds per acre.
Smooth bronze grass will withstand
extreme changes in the Temperature
without injury. Its ability 70 produce