Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-08-04
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pssdscv sad ssose pesussssnt Vas-
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sssss,oa Il oschsFd grass. nesdeS
fs-scsse aud psoms@ nserass-.
Orchard grass starts very early ~
the sj,sIn4. makes RAPID growth and
mai.rss early IA the SIMMER u
produces l,tsle daring the dr,er
summer months. Ii also kse the
characteristics Of growing in bsncs~s
and does not forsa SD Meadow
iescse, on the other hand. starts lsse
in spring, makes slow growth IN
the early part of the seasoa, sad
natures several weeks later than the
orchard grass Meadow fe-cse ~
news its growth in the latter part of
the season, making excellent pastSse
late into the fall Like the oschavd
grass, 1T also grows IN tufts. bot "
not quite 80 banchy IN Its growth,
hence forms with orchard grass .
better sod than is produced ky
orchard grass alone. Bromus in
erniis Is quite different in it's char
teristics from either of the other
grasses. II starts very early in the
spring and contlnses green and
growing throughost the season.
Being . firm, deep roofing grass, i
withstands dry weather we'll, hesoe
produces pasture daring the dry
periods when orchard grass and
meadow fescse practically cesse
growing.
Brosnas inermis also grows lsse
into the fall. Ii hss q habit II
spreading by underground roA
stocks snd thss ills up the spscss
Iels betwsea the tsfts Of oschara
asass ssA meadow iescss, forming .
PssfsCs 80. In say ve0ia wAsss
eacA of sAsse gsassss sAnvsA, ~
coabinsAioa sAOsll naks . 0acA
bcttcr pasture thaa any oee of shsm
seeded alone. A liAle alfalfa OF
clover shosld be seeded with every
combination Of grasses, whether for
meadow or pasture. The trse
grasses, so far as science hes discov-
cred, must take oil their plant food
from the soil. but the legumes, such
AZ alfalfa and clover, are enabled to
utilize the free nitrogen Of the air
and instead of exhausting the nitro
gen of the soil, they tend to increase
the supply and act as host plants
or feeders to the nitrogen exhausting
grasses.
1t is very important, therefore,
that every pasture or meadow should
contain some perennial legarne, be-
cause their presence will not only
cause greater production from the
other grasses, but it will make the
pasture or meadow more enduring
and leave the soil more fertile than
would otherwise be the case when
the sod is finally broken for the
growing of other crops. When com
binations of grasses are seeded for
meadow, care should be taken that
only those varieties are sown to.
gether which mature at the same
date; otherwise it will not be posi-
BILE to get the largest production ol
hay of the best quality Exactl,
the reverse is true, however, wher
the grasses are combined for the
purpose of producing pasture.